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		abecode 19 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothin... Maybe they could bury the clothes and call it carbon sequestration. I assume that clothes are made of mostly hydrocarbons.

nine_k 19 days ago [–]

Won't fungi and bacteria eat (cellulose-based) the clothes, releasing the same amount of CO₂, only a bit slower? Synthetic fabrics can likely be buried as a form of carbon sequestration though.

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