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This could have been an Onion article -- company decides to "mine" a huge landfill for recyclable and resusable stuff. -- (link)

Posted by mara Oct 14 '10, 09:41

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/oct/11/energy-industry-landfill (www.guardian.co.uk)

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At least here, we are researching ways to get "natural gas" from landfills - Lon_cHaneY Oct 14, 09:51 1
- Yeah, I'm pretty sure there are a few doing this already. -- nm - Vermintown Oct 14, 09:53
I've been fascinated by garbage since first reading about this archaeology project.... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Oct 14, 09:49
Not the least bit surprised. Been wondering for about 10 years when it would become economically feasible. -- nm - TWuG Oct 14, 09:44 2
- future generations are going to wonder what the hell we were doing throwing away all this plastic. -- nm - Reagen Oct 14, 09:50 1
  - Or, at least, why we continued to put it in landfills *after* people decided to dig it out of landfills. -- nm - mara Oct 14, 09:52

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