▲ 35 ▼ Fresh Kills Landfill: beneath this hill lies most of the 9/11 debris and rubble. (europe.pub) submitted 3 weeks ago by time2lose@lemmy.world to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] newton@piefed.social 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children) You mean full with asbestos? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Desischnix@fedinsfw.app 9 points 3 weeks ago There is a safe way to recycle asbestos btw. It gets sintered and by this process disarmed forever, it turns into a block of glass. It’s expensive though so it gets put into plastic bags and then bulldozed (in this process the bags rip) and covered in landfill, where it can wash out and contaminate fully unfettered. permalink fedilink source parent [–] davel@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 weeks ago Pedantically speaking, land filled with asbestos isn’t so unusual—it’s mined out of the land. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Desischnix@fedinsfw.app 9 points 3 weeks ago There is a safe way to recycle asbestos btw. It gets sintered and by this process disarmed forever, it turns into a block of glass. It’s expensive though so it gets put into plastic bags and then bulldozed (in this process the bags rip) and covered in landfill, where it can wash out and contaminate fully unfettered. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] davel@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 weeks ago Pedantically speaking, land filled with asbestos isn’t so unusual—it’s mined out of the land. permalink fedilink source parent
