@morbiuswilters said:
Who said anything about recycling? I sure as hell don't recycle my plastic bags.
@morbiuswilters said:
Hell, you're required by law to do it here, but I just throw my garbage in with a few hundred other peoples' so nobody is going to be able to track it back to me.
@morbiuswilters said:
Meanwhile, landfills can be filled in and the land used for something else, but this tends to work better with the landfills that aren't full of toxic sludge created by biodegradable materials.
@morbiuswilters said:
Biodegrading is bad. And how long do you think bugs, worms and bacteria survive in a modern landfill? The toxins from decomposing non-plastic and non-glass materials tend to be pretty harsh.
So let me get this straight. You don't separate your trash because plastic isn't harmful to landfills, but segregated landfills would be work better because the products of decomposition in mixed landfills kill off all the decomposer organisms. Are you admitting to purposefully contributing to the inefficiency of landfills because you like to be a dick or because you have only a superficial understanding of the processes going on in landfills. I think that you should answer your own question:
@morbiuswilters said:
How much do you actually know about ecology and waste management?
If I may, I would like to paraphrase something you once said to me: "Thank God he's not out in the [waste management] workforce (yet)..."
Finally, I'd like to point out that the plastic bags in the United States are different from those in other parts of the world. The bags that you're used to are thicker and easier to contain than most.