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>>1587424
>Some day we're going to have to actually deal with all the garbage we've buried underground.
No.. not really. There's no such thing as "non biodegradable", it will all break down within a few hundred years. And its not as if these things haven't happened before. Even the Romans had landfills full of shit, where do you think we find all their pottery and iron that wasnt used for weapons. Not everything came out of Pompeii.
Most unused landfills (at least near me) have had housing developments built ontop of them. Open mining pits are also used quite often. The one in Alamogordo is in the middle of the desert, and when it was first opened, it was thought that was the only use for the area. Pic related, Alamogordo circa 1940.