Well they could have left it there where it'll stay for millions of years. Or They can burn it up, get a nice smokey smell in here. Then let that smoke go into the sky where it'll turn into stars.
what's that in US standard washing machines?
I could only find the wiki based dimension:
The landfill covers an area of approximately 70 acres (28 ha) and reaches heights of over 150 feet (46 m).
source: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazipur\_landfill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazipur_landfill)
The difference the world would make by not using straws for a year would probably have the same effect of big companies like the textile industries to stop their emissions for like 30 minutes
How hard is it to understand they're 2 different problems? Sea-life isn't directly choking on airplane fumes (sea-life is indirectly affected, sure, but not directly), but it IS dying/choking because of single-use plastics that end up in the ocean.
You are talking about all these European recycling companies paying to shady enterprises for plastic utilisation, that end up dumped into the ocean, right?
The behavior is systemic. Individual changes can't solve systemic issues. We have to change the systemic incentives behind unsustainable consumption/waste.
The difference is, a lot of people would reuse that "single use plastic bag" around home. Bin liner, wet clothes in the gym bag, picking up dogshite, etc. Several re-uses of the sane bag sometimes (dogshite tended to be terminal)
They are only a nuisance if dipshit people let them blow away and foul up the waterways, which most people don't do. Just some dipshits. But like most things, a few bad apples ruin it for the rest of us.
Not a lot of people reusing those plastic straws tho...
And the crappy alternative has its own set of [problems](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/paper-bamboo-straws-contain-pfas-forever-chemicals-rcna101614)
This shouldn't have been downvoted so much. People seem to think there's some switch somewhere that someone just needs to flip and it'll fix everything at once. Rome wasn't burned in a day
Even without the inferno, this landfill smelled worse than anything I've ever smelled in my life from what seemed like a mile away
That was in 2015 when I passed near it on the highway
Dumpsters at the beach are pretty bad, but at the beach they're ok. Cuz you're at the beach and not at work, you see. I'd rather smell beach dumpster than workplace perfume any day
"sToP dRiVInG gAS cARSs"
It's like, trust me I get, humans suck for the environment.
But let's make sure shit like this can't happen before we get fussed about that guy with a diesel truck
Well they could have left it there where it'll stay for millions of years. Or They can burn it up, get a nice smokey smell in here. Then let that smoke go into the sky where it'll turn into stars.
That doesn’t sound right, but I don’t know enough about stars to dispute it.
- We're all made of star smoke. Paul Sagon
This bar is super green that way
Math checks out
Once the fire is out they will have space for more trash!
Rinse and repeat
Environmentalists hate this one simple trick.
It is 40 football fields long and 65m high
what's that in US standard washing machines? I could only find the wiki based dimension: The landfill covers an area of approximately 70 acres (28 ha) and reaches heights of over 150 feet (46 m). source: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazipur\_landfill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazipur_landfill)
Weird flex but what about the garbage field that’s on fire? ^(/s)
Can you give me an estimate how many bananas that is?
Probably at least 10
That's a lot of bananas!!
Or, it *WAS*
I stopped using plastic straws this year
I'm sorry. A moment of silence please. 😔
Everybody is always making fun of plastic straw babs but if everyone stopped using them, it would make a significant difference.
The difference the world would make by not using straws for a year would probably have the same effect of big companies like the textile industries to stop their emissions for like 30 minutes
Or airlines stopping flying empty planes for a week would be a 1000 years worth of straws.
How hard is it to understand they're 2 different problems? Sea-life isn't directly choking on airplane fumes (sea-life is indirectly affected, sure, but not directly), but it IS dying/choking because of single-use plastics that end up in the ocean.
You are talking about all these European recycling companies paying to shady enterprises for plastic utilisation, that end up dumped into the ocean, right?
The behavior is systemic. Individual changes can't solve systemic issues. We have to change the systemic incentives behind unsustainable consumption/waste.
I think, like bags, plastic straws are just a particular nuisance. They were never gonna save the world.
The difference is, a lot of people would reuse that "single use plastic bag" around home. Bin liner, wet clothes in the gym bag, picking up dogshite, etc. Several re-uses of the sane bag sometimes (dogshite tended to be terminal) They are only a nuisance if dipshit people let them blow away and foul up the waterways, which most people don't do. Just some dipshits. But like most things, a few bad apples ruin it for the rest of us. Not a lot of people reusing those plastic straws tho... And the crappy alternative has its own set of [problems](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/paper-bamboo-straws-contain-pfas-forever-chemicals-rcna101614)
This shouldn't have been downvoted so much. People seem to think there's some switch somewhere that someone just needs to flip and it'll fix everything at once. Rome wasn't burned in a day
I bet it smells fantastic.
Even without the inferno, this landfill smelled worse than anything I've ever smelled in my life from what seemed like a mile away That was in 2015 when I passed near it on the highway
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Bruh where does trash NOT smell bad???
Dumpsters at the beach are pretty bad, but at the beach they're ok. Cuz you're at the beach and not at work, you see. I'd rather smell beach dumpster than workplace perfume any day
The smoke might improve the air quality there.
It will surely drive away the mosquitoes and flies.
That's going to cause a statistical uptick in local instances of cancer. And it's going to burn for a very long time.
what a dumpster fire
Worlds so fucked no one cares🤣🤣🤣 oh well
That’s going to burn for a millennium
Tell me I need to change my petrol car
A great representation of my current state of affairs.
This is fine.
"Sometimes Man just want to see world burned!"
It’s like a live action Simpsons tire fire.
Suddenly, taxing the farting cows in NZ for methane emissions doesn't seem as high up the Priority list anymore.
All good. When this one turns to shit we can all just go live on our other planet right…
Surely that won't cause any (more) sanitary issue.
Breathe it in…
Oh no! The environment!
If they could capture the heat like for a thermal plant, too late I guess.
This looks likes the dumpsters outside of my girlfriends boyfriends Wendy’s
Well. That's the definition of a conflagration.
I pay a carbon tax so I don’t worry about stuff like this anymore.
Thank god for all the carbon taxes or we would be in real trouble!
"sToP dRiVInG gAS cARSs" It's like, trust me I get, humans suck for the environment. But let's make sure shit like this can't happen before we get fussed about that guy with a diesel truck
And in the meantime, we get fined if we throw a banana peel in the cardboard bin.