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> "vast quantities of plastic are now no better than garbage" That's because they are garbage. Anything that can't be re-used without expending more resources
by gridlockd 7y ago
> "vast quantities of plastic are now no better than garbage"
That's because they are garbage. Anything that can't be re-used without expending more resources than can be reclaimed is garbage.
This equation changes all the time, and it will change in the future, depending on technology and market rates. Today, Chinese labor might not want deal with the plastic. Tomorrow, some other country might. The day after tomorrow, Garbagebots can do the job.
That's why stockpiling and and landfilling is exactly the right thing to do, for the time being. Even burning for energy isn't necessarily that bad, modern incinerators can be relatively clean.