The Business Of Trash | CNBC Marathon

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  @Ericka-r5l · 1 year ago

  I know this video is from a year ago, but I’ve been doing some research and had to chime in. Why aren’t we recycling what’s reusable and converting the rest of our waste into ash? From what I’ve learned, ash can actually be repurposed — in construction, agriculture, and even roadwork. That seems like a smarter alternative to letting so much trash rot in landfills.<br><br>Am I missing something here? Is it a policy issue, cost, or lack of infrastructure? I’d love to hear your thoughts or even see a follow-up video on how waste-to-ash conversion could fit into future recycling models.<br><br>Anyone else looked into this?

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• GA

  @gavinspiby8304 · 2 years ago

  Humanity is storing up problems for our children

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• SC

  @ScrapPalletMan · 2 years ago

  As a professional trash picker dumpster diver it&apos;s saddens me at the rate we are wasting

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• DA

  @davidboaz5600 · 2 years ago

  This one dropped just in time for Lunch break!

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  @MrPenguinsfan66 · 2 years ago

  I used to have to drive by a landfill to a work site. It did smell and the roads were always dirty as could be. &nbsp;Plastic bags were stuck all over the fences and the land around it.

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• KE

  @KeepLearning8888 · 2 years ago

  Another person’s trash is another person treasure! I love the model of converting trash into renewable energy…it is a better option than putting it in landfills!

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  @sonnylambert4893 · 2 years ago

  “ this insurance thing could be bigger than garbage”- tony soprano😂😂😂

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  @NFTwizardz · 2 years ago

  Great video, i started on a garbage truck and now i operate a transfer station here in Ontario Canada at a local city dump processing recycling materials that we ship out to be sorted. Its nice to see more details of the career choice i have chosen! I love my job and the company i work for pays and takes care of us well!

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  @sidali2590 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Gotta love documentaries like these thanks cnbc we need to adress this issue in a productive manner

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  @chow-chihuang4903 · 2 years ago

  Thank you for this comprehensive compilation of different aspects of waste sources and management. You interviewed many of the most active players in the fields you covered, and I am glad many of them mentioned the best method of managing waste is to change how we consume goods and services, reducing or eliminating it at the source. I’d like you to put out another report on this aspect, including what is sometimes called extended producer responsibility schemes which incentivize/punish manufacturers on what materials they put out and also helps pay for recovery, recycling and disposal (waste-to-energy, landfill).<br><br>Regarding the point about Sweden “overbuilding” waste-to-energy (WTE) capacity, I think it was intentional. They emptied their landfills in roughly a decade (typically reduces volume by 90%, sometimes more) and now import waste from other countries as a source of income and energy. While not optimal, it is better than simply landfilling or open-air burning, which occurs way too often, whether on purpose or by accident.<br><br>A higher-temperature version, sometimes called plasma waste conversion, is also useful for destroying toxic compounds as they rip molecules apart by converting them into plasma. It doesn’t eliminate elemental toxins, which have to be captured and bound into inert compounds, and can lead to formation of dioxins like other forms of incineration, but there are established means to capture and contain those. It’s the least profitable method of incineration, but I consider it a form of waste management and hazardous material destruction rather than energy production.

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  @paulheydarian1281 · 2 years ago (edited)

  This is so depressing. 😢<br>We humans MUST get a grip over this huge problem. There&apos;s really no higher priority. &nbsp;It&apos;s a major health issue because of its direct impact on our food &amp; water.

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  @BureaucracyWorld · 2 years ago

  My family spent a lot of time sorting trash out, but our local trash collect service mixed it up when they collected the bins. They then took it to landfill.

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