That reminds me of the Monroe county waste recycling center. A good idea that apparently proves you shouldn't let lawyers oversee engineers. Especially if accountably is not a prime ingredient. Japan did it, we could not. If we were forced to import everything like Japan has had to do, we would be mining landfills right now.
Wired had an interesting story on using a plasma generator (invented by NASA to study re-entry bodies) to dispose of waste and at the same time peal off enough energy to sustain itself. The future of garbage looks to be a lot cleaner. When you consider how much methane, metals, and other useful materials are in 'dumps', they ought to be considered a resource of refined materials.
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