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by avion23 933 days ago
this non-issue happened in a modern landfill near my hometown.

They just used a different grade of material and pocketed the difference.

The chemicals area leaching now into the groundwater. Any researchers reporting on that are sued. Even police is used for intimidation.

Country is Germany.

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I think many of us get so used to modeling problems in closed systems that we have a blind spot about human behavior irl.
I'm continually surprised by blatant corruption in first world countries. It's like I expect privilege to translate into integrity.
Can you elaborate which town and landfill?