Why do we tend to use landfills instead of incineration plants for our trash?

Question

You’d have a lot less to bury if you burned it first, right?

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Answer 1

I wish we could have the ol’ backyard incinerators again but there’s so much foam and plastic and non-bio waste today vs what was trash in the 60’s, we’d end up with higher health risks from carcinogen exposure unfortunately.