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> you should be able to break it down to it's constituents and refine it to something indistinguishable from the normal feed stock. Woukd it be horrendously ene
by ars 6y ago
> you should be able to break it down to it's constituents and refine it to something indistinguishable from the normal feed stock. Woukd it be horrendously energy intensive ? Most likely!
Or ... just burn it for energy, and thereby pump less oil.
Sure you'll need more oil for more plastic, but you come out ahead because by burning the plastic you save some oil.
This whole plastic recycling stuff makes zero sense.
- zbrozek 6y agoAFAIK Japan does this and it works out OK for them. But I'd love to read more about it if there are decent English sources.
- PaulKeeble 6y agoGreenwich council in the London, UK does this. They have the worst recycling of any area in the UK and part of the reason is they burn almost all the plastic they gather from recycling, just 5% by volume gets recycled and the rest is burnt.
- fomine3 6y agoThis article(ja) looks good to read via translate. https://synodos.jp/society/22945 https://synodos.jp/society/22945