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Plastic is created with a by-product of diesel/gasoline, so since it is going to be created anyways it is not very wasteful.
by Siecje 9y ago
Plastic is created with a by-product of diesel/gasoline, so since it is going to be created anyways it is not very wasteful.
- rekado 9y agoMonomers like ethylene are a by-product of splitting oil; you still need polymerization and processing of the polymers (e.g. extruding, moulding, etc). It's non-sequitur to say that the process is not wasteful because part of the initial work is done to obtain gasoline. Oil itself is a limited resource.