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All of what esotericn said, plus oil and by extension plastic is a limited resource, it makes sense to reuse it, so yes I would say it is superior, plastic is e
by benj111 7y ago
All of what esotericn said, plus oil and by extension plastic is a limited resource, it makes sense to reuse it, so yes I would say it is superior, plastic is equivalent to plastic. Co2, heat and a bit of residue, not so much.
I know human nature though. Once that shiny expensive incinerator is built, people will want to use it, for everything, and they'll rebrand it 'smart' incinerating so they can tell themselves its the 'good' solution, and pretty soon we're using more plastic than before, and releasing more co2 than before, so my support (which I do have) is very measured.
- pfdietz 7y agoI was explicitly talking about plastics made from non-fossil carbon. Why is recycling those inherently desirable, over and above raw economic reasons (if any) for doing so?
- benj111 7y agoApologies, I thought you were talk about normal and bio plastics. I covered bio plastics with "Obviously the calculations change once bio plastics start to take over"
- pfdietz 7y agoI was talking about plastics made from non-fossil carbon. These aren't necessarily "bio". For example, carbon from atmospheric CO2 can be converted to ethane by various processes, and then on to various plastics, with no biological steps involved.