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What happens to glue when you throw it away?
by TedShiller 5y ago
What happens to glue when you throw it away?
- op00to 5y agoWhat happens to anything when you throw it away? It gets encapsulated in more garbage and stays there for basically ever.
- didsomeonesay 5y agocapturing carbon?
- david-gpu 5y agoWood rots. It doesn't even take that long. Let's not pretend natural biodegradable materials are the same.
- DFHippie 5y agoNot so much in a landfill.
- kleton 5y agoPhenol-formaldehyde thermoset breaks down into phenol and formaldehyde. It degrades a lot faster than polyolefins.
- TedShiller 5y agoDoes it "break down" sufficiently that you'd want the result in your tap water?
- Veen 5y agoPVA is biodegradable, I believe. But I suppose it depends which glue they use.