If we are trying to get rid of carbon, why is it worse to put plastic in landfill than recycle it?

Question

Wouldn’t it be better to bury as much of it deep underground as possible and seal it off?

edit – I should add that I do reuse and recycle, and I use as little plastic as I can afford to in the first place. I am just curious about this aspect

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

I believe that in areas where plastic is not currently viable to recycle, we should bury it, creating what in future could be considered an ore body of plastics. Imagine that in 50 years, we can easily and economically recycle plastics. Wouldn’t it be great to have a location with tons of this resource?