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[Closed] Where does the rubbish go?

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Just been watching the start of the clean up operation in the British Virgin Islands, and It's just popped into my head that I have no idea what they're going to do with the (hundreds of thousands of tons) of hurricane debris?
I can't imagine there's any massive landfill sites, but maybe I'm wrong? Recycling? Doubt it.
What do they do with it all?
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Posted : 12/09/2017 12:20 pm
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If it's anything like Africa, they just pile it up and torch it....


 
Posted : 12/09/2017 12:24 pm
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Possibly pop it into shipping containers and ship it to somewhere like Miami, so add their colossal pile.


 
Posted : 12/09/2017 12:27 pm
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They cut it all up, make coasters and little trinkets out of them, and sell them for ludicrous sums of money to BBC staff in 'quirky' little shops on Beech Road in Chorlton


 
Posted : 12/09/2017 12:34 pm
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Interesting bit on Simon Reeve's Indian ocean program about how Seychelles deals with its rubbish. Not pretty.


 
Posted : 12/09/2017 1:14 pm
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Ghah! sorry for the link to the DailyScorn(Whail)

They will just do this, simply tip it into the Sea and make an Island out of it.. Thats what is happening in the Maldives ..

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Posted : 12/09/2017 1:17 pm
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Interesting article [url= https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/us/garbage-harvey-removal.html ]here[/url]


 
Posted : 12/09/2017 2:05 pm
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Ghah! sorry for the link to the DailyScorn(Whail)

They will just do this, simply tip it into the Sea and make an Island out of it.. Thats what is happening in the Maldives ..

I worked on a bid to fix that.

I think you'll find an actual island underneath though and now its so full its falling off the edge.


 
Posted : 12/09/2017 2:22 pm

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