Garbage Man: Bill Gates Earned Billions Investing in Climate-Polluting Landfills

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Kevin_Flynn

You know, I'm far from the guys biggest fan, but this article essentially blames Bill Gates for the standard practice of "throwing all our trash in a big hole." Theres many things the man is probably guilty of, but he didn't invent garbage or landfills, and someone has to own/operate them. Landfills don't create the garbage, they just give it a place to decay. Consumer consumption on the level our culture worships creates the garbage. The interesting angle of the story as I see it, is that Bill Gates has decided there are profits to be had in a future of consumption and destruction.

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