Really curious as I know part of the problem may be pollution, but if certain parts of trash were burnable and safe, would that be a viable waste disposal option, somehow? Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Huge thank you to everyone that contributed & especially those with the World Class responses to my simple yet genuine question. This is why I consider this sub to be the Gem of the Internet. I know we all have a different frame of reference & I applaud you for taking the time to break down the answer in the unique form that you have provided. Much respect!
In: 4688
What you want is the opposite of a volcano. It spews out. A subduction zone buries under. SF author David Brin wrote about this practice to help keep planetary ecosystems relatively untouched.
The idea is that there are certain areas of plate tectonics where one plate dives underneath another, and all the sediment and crust get sucked down and recycled in the athsenosphere. Any trash dumped there would be too.
Catch is, we already do it. Offshore dumping is (or was) pretty common. However it has many short term problems, and the subduction is long term, geologically long term, like longer than humans have been homo sapiens long term solution.
Latest Answers