Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agoTIL Only about 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square180fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1external-linkTIL Only about 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agomessage-square180fedilink
minus-squareexanime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoLandfills leak all the time. There is no actually contain all the toxic pollutants in there, specially not the microscopic stuff https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/2021/04/15/hidden-damage-landfills
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days agoFair enough, there’s potential for landfills to leak. But if its between that, dumping it in the ocean, or exporting it, the landfill wins.
Landfills leak all the time. There is no actually contain all the toxic pollutants in there, specially not the microscopic stuff
https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/2021/04/15/hidden-damage-landfills
Fair enough, there’s potential for landfills to leak.
But if its between that, dumping it in the ocean, or exporting it, the landfill wins.