>The plastic waste issue is quite effectively solved by just burning it - plastic waste is a perfectly good hydrocarbon fuel. How about the pollution caused by

>The plastic waste issue is quite effectively solved by just burning it - plastic waste is a perfectly good hydrocarbon fuel. How about the pollution caused by burning plastic waste? Take dioxins, for just one example. I've read that they are released when you burn plastic (don't have a link handy). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioxins_and_dioxin-like_compounds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioxins_and_dioxin-like_compou...