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Why is plastic pyrolysis not being employed to recycle on a massive scale? Seems all that is needed is to site them near oil refineries, and you have a clean, s
by FooHentai 8y ago
Why is plastic pyrolysis not being employed to recycle on a massive scale? Seems all that is needed is to site them near oil refineries, and you have a clean, self-powering means of recycling plastic into oil/fuel.
- ars 8y agoIt's because we insist on recycling glass, requiring it to be separated, which is expensive: Glass is heavy, worthless, and breaks into tiny shards. If we removed glass from recycling then you could have two streams: Metal, and burn. Where we would burn paper and plastic for their energy, requiring less energy to be extracted from the ground.