My concern is how environmentally safe is the burning of trash? I went to the Covanta website and it looks like there are a lot of safeguards in place to make burning much more environmentally friendly than it was years ago. If there is no market for recyclables, it makes sense to find something else to do with the stuff, and I have no problem with burning it, as long as it makes sense as far as emissions. But we, as a nation, also have to buckle down and cut back on our use of plastic, like packaging, and plastic bottles such as one use water bottles. I was reading that putting the plastic in landfills contaminates the land with chemicals from the plastic, which could ultimately make its way into our water supply. Burning waste could actually be a good thing, if they do it properly.
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