By Kate Kelland
LONDON (Reuters) - Sparked by surging oil, a dramatic rise in the value of old plastic is encouraging waste companies across the world to dig for buried riches in rotting rubbish dumps.
Long a symbol of humanity's throw-away culture, existing landfill sites are now being viewed as mines of potential which as the world population grows could also help bolster the planet's dwindling natural resources.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/could-100-oil-turn-dumps-plastic-mines
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plastics
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/landfill
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-conversion
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-energy
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oecd
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/london
