I'm confused: I thought plastic didn't breakdown for like, hundreds of years? And tiny microplastics leached into the soil from landfills?
A well-designed landfill has a liner at the bottom and is capped at the top. Plastics and other non-desirables (see "leachates") can't leach into the ground if the liner is working properly.
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I'm confused: I thought plastic didn't breakdown for like, hundreds of years? And tiny microplastics leached into the soil from landfills?
A well-designed landfill has a liner at the bottom and is capped at the top. Plastics and other non-desirables (see "leachates") can't leach into the ground if the liner is working properly.