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by trillic 15 days ago
Burning trash is recycling now?
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gryson 15 days ago
Yes, if the resulting energy is captured:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste-to-energy

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bell-cot 15 days ago
Efficient burning is far better than shipping it off to a dump in some poor country, while claiming that it'll somehow be recycled there.
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