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food in trash cans = smelly garbage after day 3.

Posted by kelly (aka JoeMetz) Aug 7 '10, 17:50

and a *lot* of unnecessary waste going to the landfill

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Have you ever read this? Interesting study of garbage . -- (link) - MojaveMeg Aug 7, 18:42 1
- wait, so... food not decomposing in landfills is a myth and misconception? - TFox Aug 7, 18:45
however will that landfill decompose all that bread and food? -- nm - TFox Aug 7, 17:53 12
- it doesn't, isn't that the problem? - znufrii Aug 7, 18:01 11
  - read your im and then kick your own shin. -- nm - TFox Aug 7, 18:04 10
    - sorry (TFox translation inside) - znufrii Aug 7, 18:07 9
      - landfills don't have air and bacteria? are they in space? - TFox Aug 7, 18:13 8
        
        znu is... right. Deep down in landfills there's no air, and organic material decomposes anaerobically - Reagen Aug 7, 19:12
        
        maybe I'm mistaken, but there's a reason you're supposed to turn over a compost heap regularly. - znufrii Aug 7, 18:15 6
        
        so food covered in dirt doesn't decompose? -- nm - TFox Aug 7, 18:16 5
        
        or at least, much more slowly than it would if it were exposed to the open air, that's my understanding. -- nm - znufrii Aug 7, 18:19 4
        
        more slowly i'll grant, but its a landfill. it has time. -- nm - TFox Aug 7, 18:20 3
        
        sure, as long as you can find space for another landfill when that one is full.. - znufrii Aug 7, 18:22 2
        
        when its full, its not going to be full because of grilled cheese sandwich scraps. -- nm - TFox Aug 7, 18:24 1
        
        imho, every little bit helps. -- nm - znufrii Aug 7, 18:25
I think one of our local landfills just recently banned food waste. Not sure about the details, though. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 7, 17:51

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