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Re:Recycling is Garbage (1996) by vectorjohn on Monday June 22, 2015 @06:10PM (#9761535)
Of course landfills decompose, that's an absurd assertion. If they're treated not to decompose, then they were put in the wrong place obviously.

Clearly some things in the landfill don't decompose, but like others have pointed out, they will someday become profitable to mine if they're full of so much concentrated stuff.

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Re:Recycling is Garbage (1996) by JoeAltmaier on Saturday June 27, 2015 @10:00AM (#9790163)
Read up on landfills. There's little or no effort to make them decompose. Impermeable soil layers are deposited to expressly prevent mixing and mulching, since that would allow contaminated water to travel from layer to layer.
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