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		jonknee on Feb 12, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is it time to rethink recycling? We have a lot of empty space and until very recently it was way worse for the environment to burn than bury.

raisedbyninjas on Feb 12, 2016 [–]

Plasma gasification incinerators are quite clean.

jonknee on Feb 13, 2016 | [–]

Yes and it's quite new, huge amounts of waste have been (and continue to be) burned in much more dirty methods.

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