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It's quite clear we need to make it illegal. Canada has just banned single use plastics [1], which is a start but doesn't go nearly far enough. If we were act
by grecy 6y ago
It's quite clear we need to make it illegal.
Canada has just banned single use plastics [1], which is a start but doesn't go nearly far enough.
If we were actually serious we would make single-use plastic bottles and many, many other things illegal too.
It will come, I just fear it will be too late.
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48477087 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48477087
- henrikschroder 6y agoThere's no reason to ban single-use plastic or even multi-use plastic as long as your electricity infrastructure contains oil plants or gas burner plants. Simply burn the plastic waste. You can reclaim more than 90% of the energy, and you're simply offsetting the use of power plants that burn the oil directly. If you instead use the oil to produce plastic, use the plastic for something good, and then burn it, you've gained more use out of it than you normally would, and you're co2-neutral.
- cure 6y ago... except for the toxic gasses that are released when burning plastic. Dioxins are no joke.
- gruez 6y agoIsn't that a non-issue with high temperature incinerators?
- henrikschroder 6y agoModern trash incinerators don't have that problem. A friend of mine works in the industry, and they're starting to build co2-traps as well, which makes it an even better choice. I know the US is severely behind on trash incineration compared to for example Sweden, but the knowledge and technology exists, it's just a matter of building the plants at this point.
- lopmotr 6y agoWhy not just make the export of plastic waste illegal? That's how it gets into the sea.