Burning at least emits CO2 instead of the methane emitted by a landfill, and can...

		idlehand on Nov 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 60% of home compostable plastic doesn’t fully brea... Burning at least emits CO2 instead of the methane emitted by a landfill, and can generate heat and electricity for residential use. In the end, recycling isn't feasible for most materials and the solution needs to come from the other pieces of the carbon puzzle.

Some landfills tap the methane and cycle it into the gas supply.