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The country now has more than 1,000 waste-incinerating power stations, representing more than half the world’s waste power capacity, according to the Global Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council.

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    But would the energy recovered from using it as fuel be more than the energy required to ship it to China?

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      That’s a good question, but, would the waste then be properly disposed of? It may not be incredibly efficient right now, but less trash is less trash, right?