What’s worse, burning plastic or sending it to a landfill?

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By Ask Umbra®Jun 23, 2016, 6:00 am95 pts
Q. Dear Umbra, What’s worse: burning plastic trash, or letting it sit in a landfill? I’m thinking of not-easily-recyclable plastic packaging especially — are its components perhaps more easily dispersed as gases rather than slowly leaching in a landfill? Signed,Wilburforce A. Dearest Wilburforce, As…

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