[danielharan]

Sorry, that's just ludicrous.

Putting plastic in a dump is much better than letting it kill animal after animal, decomposing into smaller pieces and getting into the food chain.

Ideally we design most plastics out, but barring that recycling would be fine - and just burying it is still much better than either burning or letting it drift into oceans.

[dang]

Your comment's great, except for the first sentence, which is what the site guidelines refer to as calling names in arguments. Would you mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and editing those bits out of your HN comments in the future?

I know it seems small, but it has a downgrading effect on conversation. Also, it often doesn't seem small to the person being addressed that way (or some other readers who happen upon it).

[austinheap]

Thank you for being the net on the outlets of our drainage pipes! Subtle & not unnoticed work.