Hitting the Sun is HARD

That's right, as explained in the following minutephysics video (3 minutes): Hitting the Sun is HARD. ▶ this video

It's apparently pretty hard to hit the Sun: ▶ this video (Though that video mostly talks about small objects like rockets. Maybe it's a different story for dwarf planets?) That said... Keep in mind that this is about a dwarf planet orbiting the Sun. It's 11 AU out, so twice as far from the Sun as Jupiter is.

Another explanation[1] that shows how it's not just the cost of escaping Earth gravity (which is high enough already) but the delta-v required to de-orbit. It's easier to throw the garbage out of the solar system than it is to descend into the Sun. [1] ▶ this video

... wait, to throw it into the sun. Okay, nice try there! Everyone on HN should know the Canadarm can't achieve the approx 29 km/s needed to cancel orbital velocity around the sun in the vicinity of Earth. ▶ this video 'doh, you got a reaction out of me anyhow!