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PVC and PTFE are rarely found in trash, certainly not in the volumes of the rest of the types. With a properly made incinerator (which isn't hard to do) burnin
by ars 5y ago
PVC and PTFE are rarely found in trash, certainly not in the volumes of the rest of the types.
With a properly made incinerator (which isn't hard to do) burning plastic is cleaner than burning oil or coal. A bit of filtration will catch the halogens in case they slip in.
- exmadscientist 5y agoPTFE, no, not common at all. Its relatives are rather common in food packaging (liners and seals), though. PVC... man, PVC is in a lot of things. Surprisingly many things. The monomer/polymer itself isn't that awful, but some of the plasticizers truly scare me. And I'm often favorably inclined towards the chemical industry!
- ars 5y agoPVC is in a lot of toys, pipes, things like that. But it's not common in single use, or low use plastics.
- ge96 5y agounrelated about chemical I keep wondering if there is a way to make a "stomach" that can dissolve plastic/make energy with it, whether directly or as an electrolyte base (add zinc/copper) I am aware of the bacteria that can eat plastic but too slow
- bombcar 5y agoWeird. This comment says 15 minutes ago in the main view, but 20 hours ago when I go to reply to it. I guess the whole post got "pushed to the front" again.
- Teever 5y agoHas that been happening a lot lately? I've been noticing threads that I swear I read days ago on the front page and their dates are from today. It's really confusing.
- bombcar 5y agoI believe there’s a second chance algorithm that runs or is manually triggered by dang. https://news.ycombinator.com/pool https://news.ycombinator.com/pool May be involved.