8/26/09

Today, 8/26/09, I learned:

That once items are in a landfill the process of burying things seems to horribly retard biodegradability. For example, one way that people who do digs at modern landfills see how far back in time they are is to check dates on the newspaper.

The difference in composting and a landfill is that with composting, you also need air. In landfills, everything is compacted and covered in dirt....and so voila a hot dog can last 50 years or more!