You just made me remember those straws!!! Hell, you must be as ancient as yours trulyIt may surprise the younger generation:
When I was a child, the straws in western Germany had been made from STRAW !
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More likely genetic defects but that's taking things too seriously, right?HOT DOGS of course!
Here is a question I have long pondered.
The almost unavoidable supply of food in plastic packaging created a dilemma for the camper. Is it better to dispose of plastic via the public waste system which largely involves land fill or is it better to burn plastic waste in a hot fire after the cooking has been done?
I recall that many years ago the same question was discussed here and the conclusion I came away with at that time was that burning the waste was better in the long term but the fire needed to be hot to break the compounds down sufficiently. I can no longer find the thread in question and I have not recently reviewed the science that lay behind that conclusion.
I am wondering if it might be wise to re-examine the issue in the light of up to date thinking to see if that is still the best practice or whether other options might now be considered better.
I suspect this could become an emotional issue for some so let us try to stick to a logical examination of the facts if possible. Don't just post "I do such and such.." We want to know what the thinking is behind your practice?
Landfills aren’t concrete lined. Even if they were, the concrete fails as well. Even with the plastic liners they DO use, puddling is a problem. This example is less than a year oldIf a pit is concrete lined to prevent water leaching, it will turn into a lake and water will run over the edges.
I do not think they can do that, unless the water is pumped out and somehow purified?
It depends what n whether it’s economically feasible or not. I imagine that’s probably more likely at a larger facility.If it was planned (and why not), the puddle is biodiesel to be refined by water removal.
Our village gen set (10MW?) runs on it.
The city garbage dump methane will be sold to the natural gas company.
Fairly dim-witted to waste the energy rich organics.
That’s about the population of all of Okaloosa County. Only scattered among 7 incorporated towns and even smaller unincorporated areas with a few dozen geographically separate facilities.I'm recalling some smaller cities in Michigan which each decided to do some hydrocarbon recovery.
The city I'm thinking of was not 50,000 when they laid the membrane and set up some gas pipe.
The city of Vancouver, BC has a garbage dump some 250 (?) miles inland with train service.
I believe you can see it from the International Space Station. I believe there is no hydrocarbon extraction at all.