• Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    If it’s at least possible for those micro plastics to be broken down, would it really matter if they don’t break down ina landfill? Either they stay in the landfill forever causing no problems or they leach out / blow away outside of the landfill and voila, proper conditions to be broken down into starches and consumed by bacteria.

    • zik@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      They don’t break down completely in landfill. They just turn into microplastics.