Clearly, I skipped many common sense points here. They burn garbage to generate power, profit, and all those power plants, of course, are state-owned. Would you think other countries are just idiots that don’t know burning garbage to generate power is better than just burying them?
Big No.
The toxic chemical compound produced by burning garbage is far more harmful than just burring them.
The green dots represent electricity-generation plants, and the red dots represent plants that are used to generate both electricity and (presumably district) heating. Figure is from a paper from 2014, which I found after a quick Google.
Clearly, I skipped many common sense points here. They burn garbage to generate power, profit, and all those power plants, of course, are state-owned. Would you think other countries are just idiots that don’t know burning garbage to generate power is better than just burying them?
Big No. The toxic chemical compound produced by burning garbage is far more harmful than just burring them.
Yes, and garbage incineration to generate power or other forms of energy is a thing that happens in many countries
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Waste-incineration-capacities-by-EU-MS-Medarac-et-al-2014_fig37_304917594
The green dots represent electricity-generation plants, and the red dots represent plants that are used to generate both electricity and (presumably district) heating. Figure is from a paper from 2014, which I found after a quick Google.