Talk:Landfills/@comment-26119811-20150217200545

Eject wastes into deep space????? What kind of thinking is that? That is the thinking that somewhere is "AWAY" as in "throw it away." There is no AWAY. We will learn to deal with our wastes in a sustainable way. We MUST, for the future of the planet. There is already a layer of space garbage in orbit around the planet and no regulations on how to deal with it. This is not a simulation, this is reality. Landfills are important resources for us, and the sooner we learn to respect them as such (and preserve them as places for which there is no other alternative for our solid waste), the sooner we can get on to the next great thing. "Reduce, reuse, recycle" is not just an empty catch phrase. We are trying to extend the lives of existing landfills while we develop technologies to dramatically reduce their use.