plastic: a global environmental calamity

[MAGA MAN]

Pretty rare, and most landfills aren't near pastureland. Landfill operators also watch the wind and put up barriers where trucks are unloading. If a cow does eat a plastic bag, she usually passes it. You also have to remember that cattle is going to be slaughtered anyway.

Fires are the same problem whether plastic is in the landfill or not.

Most landfills are in rural areas, and rural areas have farms. Dairy cattle aren't there for meat. They never pass a plastic bag- it's a death sentence.

Since plastic has a high caloric value the fires are much more intense than damp paper.

 

[Into the Night]

Most landfills are in rural areas, and rural areas have farms.

Nope. Most landfills are near cities. That's where most of the garbage is produced.

Dairy cattle aren't there for meat.

Yes they are. At the end of the useful life of a dairy cow, they are slaughtered and the meat is sold.

They never pass a plastic bag-

Yes they do.

it's a death sentence.

No it isn't.

Since plastic has a high caloric value the fires are much more intense than damp paper.

So? You are forgetting that the plastic has to be separated out from the rest of the garbage. That will produce FAR MORE opportunities for things like plastic bags to take off in the wind (they don't get far anyway).

 

[Micawber]

Yes, it is.

 

[dukkha]

The Bureau of Census does not track shipping data or how much plastic we import or export. This graph was synthesized by Last Beach Cleanup.

no shit. it's based on industry reporting. Census gets lot of info that way.

Your claim we don't export used plastic waste is laughable

 

[Into the Night]

no shit. it's based on industry reporting. Census gets lot of info that way.

Your claim we don't export used plastic waste is laughable

The Last Beach Cleanup organization is not industry. It is a propaganda center formed in Berkeley.
We don't ship plastic waste anywhere. There's no point.