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.
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Burning trash can actually produce power, so burning it in a volcano would be a plain waste of energy.
The reason we typically don’t burn trash is because it generates extreme levels of pollution, much higher and more toxic than burning coal, so nobody is ok with that.
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