Re:The Engineering of Landfills
by Retric on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @10:32AM
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Money. Landfills aren’t cheap to operate and burning also reduces transportation costs.
Incineration ends up being quite profitable in isolation. Take stuff worth negative X$ per ton and turn it into a smaller pile of stuff still worth negative X$ per ton. Generating power is a useful side effect, but not the main reason.
Incineration ends up being quite profitable in isolation. Take stuff worth negative X$ per ton and turn it into a smaller pile of stuff still worth negative X$ per ton. Generating power is a useful side effect, but not the main reason.