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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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[–] BCsven 4 points 1 week ago

I mean we already burn plastic fuel pellets for power and heat generation, this is no different if they capture the energy rather than just reducing it in volume.