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This sounds a lot like normal recycling. What am I missing here? Are they thermal cracking the waste into an entirely new polymer?
by tengbretson 7y ago
This sounds a lot like normal recycling. What am I missing here? Are they thermal cracking the waste into an entirely new polymer?
- gamblor956 7y agoUnlike normal recycling, this process can tolerate impurities (i.e., foodstuffs or differing plastics) in the plastic waste input stream, due to the relatively high temperatures (for thermoplastics) involved (>400 Celsius). Normal plastic recycling doesn't even permit different types of plastic to be mixed together. It's not clear if the biowaste is being burned away or if its constituent parts are being incorporated into the polymer like additives.