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		XorNot 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scientists break down plastic using a simple, inex... Landfilling plastics avoids even putting CO2 back into the environment. Modern landfill is highly engineered and extremely stable: what goes in there stays there. Plastic starts as oil in the ground. Replacing it as solids in the ground isn't a problem.

djentile 11 months ago | [–]

Among other problems, plastics release methane and c02 as they decompose in landfills, so it's not as cut and dried a solution as you imply.

xnx 11 months ago | | [–]

Modern landfills carefully channel and burn off the methane

ainiriand 11 months ago | [–]

That was always my impression, and after that you can always build a park on top!

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