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materials which the initial user wants to dispose. For questions about [reuse] or [recycling] waste use those tags.
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Is litter better than an unmanaged landfill?
Environmental Protection Agency, nearly 60% of the municipal solid waste (MSW) that is landfilled in the U.S. consists of degradable materials such as paper, food, wood, and yard waste:
All of these materials … If such waste were left as litter, these gases would escape directly to the atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect without doing any useful work along the way. …
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What are the consequences of wasting water in a water-rich country?
If you live in an arid place, the water you waste would have been used somewhere else. … Your waste thus produces additional emissions and pollution.
Increased GHG emissions and pollution from unneeded energy/goods for sewage treatment. …
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How long does it take for different types of textiles to decompose in a landfill?
From "Textile waste resource recovery: A case study of New York State’s textile recycling system" (emphasis added):
When looking at the relative biodegradability of non-durable goods in landfills, there …
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Which materials dumped into landfills are the largest sources of methane?
The source of methane -- degradable organic carbon
A 2006 report by the IPCC, Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Volume 5 -- Waste, includes six different categories of landfilled waste … The CH4 correction factor (MCF) accounts for the fact that unmanaged SWDS [solid waste disposal sites] produce less CH4 from a given amount of waste than anaerobic managed SWDS. …
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Why is composting of food waste "better" than burning it?
Composting has many benefits beyond dealing with waste
The U.S. … (MSW) is comprised of food and yard waste that could be composted, according to the report "Waste Incineration and Public Health" from the National Research Council. …
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How can we all together clean up the vast plastic carpets in our oceans?
Prevalence of garbage in the oceans
A recent study in Nature Scientific Reports finds that the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" is massive, and keeps growing. From the article, "Evidence that the Great P …
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Does transporting plastic offset the benefits of recycling it?
tl;dr: No, shipping plastic waste to China for recycling does not offset the benefits, as it reduces the net energy savings by 3% or less. …
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Using other peoples resources for basic living
There's a term used which may apply to such a lifestyle: freeganism.
From Wikipedia:
Freeganism is a practice and ideology of limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption …
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