This has been irking me, no pi##ing me off to no end.

by **PlanComplete** » Mon 25 Jul 2005, 00:02:50

About 5 miles from where I live is huge landfill, I mean trucks bring the garbage in from NJ everywhere around and dump it. Nice landfill virtually no smell as its a huge "hole" and as they throw a layer down they throw a layer of dirt atop it. SO you got green grass over most of this huge hole, and its growing. No problem, people throw away tons of s***, its America, not quite ticking me off yet.
So this landfill has been in operation for over almost 20 years and just got the okay to stay open another decade, not ticking me off yet, as I said I drive by, it looks okay, virtually no smell, brings in a ton of revenue for the county/township I can deal with that. (Being NJ's garbage bin)
So you drive by and see a 3 stacks 20-30 feet high, as round as a 50 gallon drum, with huge flames shooting out, now I am pissed off. This has been going on for years, everyday there is flames shooting out at least one of them sometimes all 3 of them! Couldn't they build a pipe the 2 miles to the industrial park? Couldn't someone find a use for the (methane?) gas they are just burning up?
I called them about it a while ago and they said they are looking into ways to make it economical and enviromentally safe. I asked if the 15-20 years wasn't enough to figure something out rather then burning a source of energy. Since they have a garbage truck depot there (garage office ect) couldn't they perhaps make a generator station using the methane to power there little area. Got nothing but, silence.

I read that some landfills are doing just that using the gas, for other uses, why can't they all.

EDIT: Fixed the subject title

by **Kaare_Mai** » Mon 25 Jul 2005, 07:45:45

Say WHAT?!?

Do america just dump its garbage in the ground?!? This is unbelievable to me

In my country this is totally illegal to do, all burnable garbage gets burned to produce electricity/heat for homes, and all other garbage is carefully sorted in containers and recycled. People have to bring their own garbage to these garbage places where employees make sure people sort it correctly. And garbage thats in fine condidtion gets stored in a kind of little warehouses where other people can go and get those things for free.

I think its really a shame for a rich country like the US to make a practise such as that described by you

by MD » Mon 25 Jul 2005, 08:31:49

Yes, it is a shame. The problem is getting worse with time as product life cycles continue to decrease.

Dump mining will be a career of the future in North America.

by **Specop_007** » Mon 25 Jul 2005, 09:09:03

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kaare_Mai', 'S')ay WHAT?!?

Do america just dump its garbage in the ground?!? This is unbelievable to me

by **JoeW** » Mon 25 Jul 2005, 17:15:39

i live about a mile from a landfill in PA where a lot of NJ waste is dumped. my biggest problem with that is that we can't even limit PA landfills to PA waste.
and yes, everyone should be recycling blah blah blah...

it's bad enough that PA workers get paid about half what NJ workers get paid, but some of us PA residents have to put up with Mt Trashmore, courtesy of our NJ neighbors on top of it.

by **I_Like_Plants** » Tue 26 Jul 2005, 01:11:09

I ride my bike everywhere and dammit I want to be able to stick a tube in my ass and light off that methane when I have to fart, think of the wasted source of propulsion. Maybe eat brussels sprouts every day to greatly increase the supply.

by **Bedevere** » Tue 26 Jul 2005, 22:14:57

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')ump mining will be a career of the future in North America.

by **Bedevere** » Tue 26 Jul 2005, 22:22:23

In the Toronto area we have a different strategy for dealing with our garbage. We send it to Michigan.

by **Daculling** » Tue 26 Jul 2005, 22:26:12

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kaare_Mai', 'S')ay WHAT?!? Do america just dump its garbage in the ground?!? This is unbelievable to me

by **threadbear** » Wed 27 Jul 2005, 00:02:44

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('I_Like_Plants', 'I') ride my bike everywhere and dammit I want to be able to stick a tube in my ass and light off that methane when I have to fart, think of the wasted source of propulsion. Maybe eat brussels sprouts every day to greatly increase the supply.

by **Zentric** » Wed 27 Jul 2005, 00:14:47

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('threadbear', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('I_Like_Plants', 'I') ride my bike everywhere and dammit I want to be able to stick a tube in my ass and light off that methane when I have to fart, think of the wasted source of propulsion. Maybe eat brussels sprouts every day to greatly increase the supply.

by **I_Like_Plants** » Wed 27 Jul 2005, 05:43:29

Threadbear ppl where you live stick little tubes in their azz and light their fart gas??

Quick! Someone call Tom Green! I want to see a TV special about this!

by **BrownDog** » Wed 27 Jul 2005, 09:33:13

It would be enlightening if EVERYONE whose trash goes to a landfill would take a trip there and experience what happens there. The sights, the sounds, and the smells will make quite an impact, I think. I have done so myself, and it certainly raised my awareness of what it means to "throw it away".

There is no "away". It has to go somewhere. I have changed my terminology to "put it in the landfill" where other people say "throw away". I get some funny looks, maybe people will think for a change.

What's really sad is that where I live they have curbside recycling, but almost nobody else in my neighborhood bothers to take advantage of it.

by **spudbuddy** » Thu 28 Jul 2005, 17:48:03

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bedevere', 'I')n the Toronto area we have a different strategy for dealing with our garbage. We send it to Michigan.

by **Kaare_Mai** » Sun 31 Jul 2005, 14:42:47

Im cleaning up my basement these days, and when the trailer is full, then i'll make a little video documentary on how landfills function here in Denmark.

Then i will convert it to XViD and make it available online. I think you will be quite amazed to see that at a normal day, our landfill is actually filled with.... humans.... wondering around sorting their garbage and collectings things they could use at home.

I will make a new thread when the cideo is ready.

by **Novus** » Sun 31 Jul 2005, 15:32:04

The best why to deal with trash is to take a zero waste philosophy. I am not quite there yet but I am working on it. I recycle everything and refuse to buy or throw out things that cannot be recycled. My cell phone is five years old and my computer is six years old. Why throw things away that are still good? When my 20 year old TV broke I got it fixed rather then dump it in a land fill. I got a lot of weird looks doing this because it cost just as much to fix as to buy a new one but hey I am not going to be a part of the disposable society.

by **holmes** » Sun 31 Jul 2005, 15:57:57

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kaare_Mai', 'I')m cleaning up my basement these days, and when the trailer is full, then i'll make a little video documentary on how landfills function here in Denmark.

Then i will convert it to XViD and make it available online. I think you will be quite amazed to see that at a normal day, our landfill is actually filled with.... humans.... wondering around sorting their garbage and collectings things they could use at home.

I will make a new thread when the cideo is ready.

by **ubercrap** » Sun 07 Aug 2005, 03:36:25

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PlanComplete', 'A')bout 5 miles from where I live is huge landfill, I mean trucks bring the garbage in from NJ everywhere around and dump it. Nice landfill virtually no smell as its a huge "hole" and as they throw a layer down they throw a layer of dirt atop it. SO you got green grass over most of this huge hole, and its growing. No problem, people throw away tons of shit, its America, not quite ticking me off yet.
So this landfill has been in operation for over almost 20 years and just got the okay to stay open another decade, not ticking me off yet, as I said I drive by, it looks okay, virtually no smell, brings in a ton of revenue for the county/township I can deal with that. (Being NJ's garbage bin)
So you drive by and see a 3 stacks 20-30 feet high, as round as a 50 gallon drum, with huge flames shooting out, now I am pissed off. This has been going on for years, everyday there is flames shooting out at least one of them sometimes all 3 of them! Couldn't they build a pipe the 2 miles to the industrial park? Couldn't someone find a use for the (methane?) gas they are just burning up?
I called them about it a while ago and they said they are looking into ways to make it economical and enviromentally safe. I asked if the 15-20 years wasn't enough to figure something out rather then burning a source of energy. Since they have a garbage truck depot there (garage office ect) couldn't they perhaps make a generator station using the methane to power there little area. Got nothing but, silence. Bastards.

I read that some landfills are doing just that using the gas, for other uses, why can't they all.

EDIT: Fixed the subject title

by **dmtu** » Sun 07 Aug 2005, 04:21:21

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ubercrap', 'I')n my town, they are looking to generate electricity with the methane that normally is flared off.

by **shakespear1** » Sun 07 Aug 2005, 06:04:06

Something tells me that most have missed the point of the post. THE GAS.

The dump IS THERE. Whether it should be there or not is another issue. However since it is there and US is LOOKING for GAS why not use it. Pretty simple proposition but again it required an enterprenurial approach to solve it.

Contact someone at a university Chemical Engineering Dept. and see if you can interest them in doing a study on this. I am sure they can get grant money from the US Gov. today.

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This has been irking me, no pi##ing me off to no end.

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