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Originally Posted by alkaloid
This at first seemed like a witty retort for my ridiculous position. But then I thought, is it so bad to have a gigantic mountain of plastic bottles, when the alternative is to have all the carbon molecules in the air?
If you give me choice between incinerating garbage versus piling them in Grand Canyon. I would probably choose dumping them.
I guess the anti-incineration stance would be perhaps less controversial than anti-recycling stance. Maybe.
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It's a false choice, though, as recycling technologies are often improving. Yes, many current recycling centers, most 10 years old or more, do pollute during the recycling process. Newer technologies reduce that pollution, though. Disposal, on the other hand, is always the same: put it in the ground with a bunch of other stuff.