What if we threw all of Earth's trash into the sun?

[Sprinkles_penguin]

I've been trying to look up this subject out of curiosity. Most answers boil down to "It's too expensive" or "it's too dangerous and complicated", defeating the purpose of the "what if."

But my bigger question is, would throwing a large amount of trash into the sun have any effect on the sun?

I've read that throwing a lot of trash into a volcanno would cause multiple explosions and releases of gasses and acid. So would throwing all of earth's trash into the sun have a major consequences too? Would it help to expand the sun at a faster rate?

Hi, so I'm not gonna tell you AGAIN how impossible or expensive would it be (just as almost anyone else has told you). I'm going to answer you actual question.

So, regarding the sun, it would cause little to no effect to it. You know, the sun is VERY HUGE (at least as compared to the Earth), so it's capable of burning it all down, as all that trash is a very small amount of mass compared to the Sun. And also, it would not help the sun grow at a faster rate. You see, yellow dwarf stars (like the Sun) are constantly burning hydrogen on their cores, and fusing it into helium. However, when they eventually run out of hydrogen their core collapses, turning into mainly helium. That's when stars starts to grow.

However, for the Earth, it'd eventually cause a decrease on our natural resources on our planet, probably collapsing the environment. You see, the solution to trash is not getting rid of it, but actually decreasing its production and recycling the already existing one into other useful things.

I had thought something similar to this years ago, and no one was able to give me a concrete answer, so I figured it our myself: What if we created spaceships out of trash, then fill them with trash, and send it to the Moon/Mars? You see, it kinda has the same problem than yours; it's way too expensive, and it would cause a tragic imbalance on the ecosystem. However, I don't think sending it to the Moon would have any big effect at all on the gravitational waves. I said any big effect because at the end, it WOULD mess up a bit the gravitational systems, just like a Chinese dam slowed the Earth's rotation by making each day 0.00000006 seconds longer.

 

[Blood Eclipse]

So, regarding the sun, it would cause little to no effect to it. You know, the sun is VERY HUGE (at least as compared to the Earth), so it's capable of burning it all down, as all that trash is a very small amount of mass compared to the Sun. And also, it would not help the sun grow at a faster rate. You see, yellow dwarf stars (like the Sun) are constantly burning hydrogen on their cores, and fusing it into helium. However, when they eventually run out of hydrogen their core collapses, turning into mainly helium. That's when stars starts to grow.

Thank you so much for this info. This makes sense but, part of me is still doubtful there wouldn't be any sort of negative effect. Maybe I'm just being delusional.

However, for the Earth, it'd eventually cause a decrease on our natural resources on our planet, probably collapsing the environment. You see, the solution to trash is not getting rid of it, but actually decreasing its production and recycling the already existing one into other useful things.

I understand this one, but what about the trash that's already being burned to ashes? They're resources that are gone for good, correct?

I had thought something similar to this years ago, and no one was able to give me a concrete answer, so I figured it our myself: What if we created spaceships out of trash, then fill them with trash, and send it to the Moon/Mars? You see, it kinda has the same problem than yours; it's way too expensive, and it would cause a tragic imbalance on the ecosystem. However, I don't think sending it to the Moon would have any big effect at all on the gravitational waves. I said any big effect because at the end, it WOULD mess up a bit the gravitational systems, just like a Chinese dam slowed the Earth's rotation by making each day 0.00000006 seconds longer.

Still doubtful there wouldn't be any effect at all (again probably being delusional here), but I definitely appreciate this information. I'm gonna keep this bookmarked for future reference and study. It is hard finding enough detailed info on this subject. Most of the answers I find are it's too expensive and dangerous if the shuttle misses it's target, which I'm already aware of. I prefer to delve into the "what if it did make it there and we had enough money to do it."