henry200
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landfills
Landfills are so old-school and primitive in this neck of the woods. Plasti-vacs don't get buried here, they get incinerated! By law, all trash haulers here are required to take what they collect to a resource reclamation facility where it is sorted to remove things like steel etc, and what remains is turned into fuel pellets which are then sold to power companies, etc. The power companies then are required to use highly sophisticated filtration equipment to prevent noxious/hazardous compounds from being released into the atmosphere during combustion. It's a very expensive way to deal with trash, but that's just an added incentive to take advantage of recycling programs and keep as much as possible out of the waste stream.
Landfills are so old-school and primitive in this neck of the woods. Plasti-vacs don't get buried here, they get incinerated! By law, all trash haulers here are required to take what they collect to a resource reclamation facility where it is sorted to remove things like steel etc, and what remains is turned into fuel pellets which are then sold to power companies, etc. The power companies then are required to use highly sophisticated filtration equipment to prevent noxious/hazardous compounds from being released into the atmosphere during combustion. It's a very expensive way to deal with trash, but that's just an added incentive to take advantage of recycling programs and keep as much as possible out of the waste stream.