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Is it really a good idea to convert plastic to CO2?

• hippich 11y ago
  "The worms converted about half of the Styrofoam into carbon dioxide, as they would with any food source."
  • hanoz 11y ago
    So as long as we only hunt down already existing worms and substitute their other food source with plastic, there should be no impact.
  • wfunction 11y ago
    I would imagine we're going to grow more worms, not hunt down the existing ones.
• codecamper 11y ago
  yes. there may seem to be a lot of plastic in the world, but the volume of co2 produced each day dwarfs the total accumulated plastic.
  • wfunction 11y ago
    Did you do the numbers? Would be nice if you could share them.
• brc 11y ago
  Yes, c02 is the basic building block of life, able to be converted into all manner of living things. Much better to turn old plastics back back into c02 as a raw life material than to leave it trapped in the ground.