01-04-2013, 04:55 PM
Just noticed this: "but I suppose there is a huge landfill being used that is filling up with all kinds of hazzards on the Big Island."
Actually there are 2 active & more non-active landfills, and the Hilo land fill is near-over=capacity (capacity has been increased by increasing slope design....)
One of the old un-lined landfills in Kona has been been burning now for over 20years...so it isn't like burning the newer stuff in a controlled burn would be a whole lot different (except maybe the leachate might be different... but why worry about that? just neat a few wells...)
FOR ALL: I am NOT serious about the fact that burning waste in an uncontrolled manner should be pursued...but am serious that we do currently have an uncontrolled waste burn on island, and will have this burn for quite awhile (YEARS) longer... so burning waste is not a new concept to look at... only that the controlled part would be a new concept for this island....
Actually there are 2 active & more non-active landfills, and the Hilo land fill is near-over=capacity (capacity has been increased by increasing slope design....)
One of the old un-lined landfills in Kona has been been burning now for over 20years...so it isn't like burning the newer stuff in a controlled burn would be a whole lot different (except maybe the leachate might be different... but why worry about that? just neat a few wells...)
FOR ALL: I am NOT serious about the fact that burning waste in an uncontrolled manner should be pursued...but am serious that we do currently have an uncontrolled waste burn on island, and will have this burn for quite awhile (YEARS) longer... so burning waste is not a new concept to look at... only that the controlled part would be a new concept for this island....