If you are purely concerned about energy consumption and carbon emissions, yes. If you're concerned with plastics as a rather potent biotoxin (as they seem, de

If you are purely concerned about energy consumption and carbon emissions, yes. If you're concerned with plastics as a rather potent biotoxin (as they seem, depressingly often, to be), the balance shifts. I actually encourage burning plastics in various incinerators/coal replacement systems/etc. It both eliminates them as a material, and makes it impossible to avoid the "Oh, plastics really aren't that recyclable..." optics.