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Toronto considers burning trash as landfill nears capacity (www.torontotoday.ca)

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While some in the waste industry say incineration is ‘low-carbon,’ climate advocates say it is highly polluting

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

There's plenty of space in landfills. If one fills up, make another. There is zero shortage of space for landfills. There is only an increased cost to move to a landfill slightly farther away.

BURN it?!?!?! That's stupidly insane. Must be a plot by assholes that are going to make a lot of cash building an incinerator somehow.

[–] streetfestival 2 points 5 days ago

BURN it?!?!?! That’s stupidly insane. Must be a plot by assholes that are going to make a lot of cash building an incinerator somehow.

Yes. There's someone representing an incinerator company who's well-featured in the article, making pro-incineration arguments. It seems so emblematic of today that there must surely be research evidence to indicate the better move but it doesn't seem to matter much in the making of society-directing decisions, how they're covered in popular media, and everyday people's understanding of sociopolitical issues (or lack thereof)

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