Idea: Landfill Mining

How to get into the market?

• This article^[1] mentions the need for software to simulate what a landfill may contain.
• Build that software
  • How to measure/estimate the potential profitability of a landfill:
    • Triangulation?
      1. Drill 3 deep holes around the perimeter of the landfill
      2. Install sensors to detect specific materials
      3. Triangulate the position of certain materials/objects
    • Ground Penetrating Radar^[2] (GPRS)
    • City’s/Landfill’s historical records

Potential opportunities:

• A town called Emelle^[3], in Sumter County, AL has the largest toxic waste dump in the nation^[4].
• Moldova has one of the worst waste problems in the world.
• Tuscaloosa Landfills^[5]

Update 10/23/21

It’s really cool to see companies like Stronghold Digital Mining^[6] that are now building solutions to related land remediation problems.