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Whats worse, burning plastic or sending it to a landfill?

2016-06-23 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Q. Dear Umbra, What`s worse: burning plastic trash, or letting it sit in a landfill? I`m thinking of not-easily-recyclable plastic packaging especially - are its components perhaps more easily dispersed as gases rather than slowly leaching in a landfill? Signed, Wilburforce A. Dearest Wilburforce, As anyone who has ever witnessed someone toss an errant water bottle or crinkly wrapper into a campfire can attest, burning plastic is a nasty business. It stinks; it spews oddly colored...

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Plainville, Mass., Set to Develop Solar Field on Closed Landfill

2016-06-22 16:16:00| Waste Age

Plainville, Mass., is the latest community to look into installing solar panels on a closed landfill. read more

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GRNE Energy Column Could Be Used to Capture Landfill Gas

2016-06-22 15:14:00| Waste Age

A Lincoln, Neb.-based company has created a new approach to producing renewable energy within large structures, mainly sky scrapers and multi-story buildings, which also has potential for use at landfills across the country. read more

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