Hacker News Reader

Still the point they mention in the article would be valid - would such system digging into years of landfill pose a risk to public health and the environment by potentially releasing harming substances and whatnot?

View on HN

I know next to nothing about landfills, but isn’t that bound to happen anyways, just over a much longer timespan?

The solution to pollution is dilution.

Dilution in time counts as well.

I’m genuinely curious how that works though, does garbage in eventually reach equilibrium with the rate it’s decomposing?

Reply on news.ycombinator.com