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Originally Posted by GGG
How is it better for the environment? In theory you reduce methane emissions by composting, if so price it in.
A landfill on its own, is not bad for the environment. We have lots of space to put stuff in landfills. Trucking costs increase as they get further away from the city and they are costly to run but there is nothing environmentally damaging about a landfill that is designed properly.
http://mie.esab.upc.es/ms/informacio...composting.pdf
Havent read this completely, just googled and read the summary but it states that it doesn't make economic sense to do it yet. Not sure how they factor environmental considerations. |
A report from 1998 in the US?
Last time I was in Vegas they didn't even recycling bins for cans and bottles.