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Composting plastic makes no sense. When bacteria eat the plastic they produce CO2. Just burn the plastic in power plant and you'll have the same amount of CO2 p
by dvh 4y ago
Composting plastic makes no sense. When bacteria eat the plastic they produce CO2. Just burn the plastic in power plant and you'll have the same amount of CO2 plus energy.
- harg 4y agoI think the motivation behind compostable plastic is to reduce the amount of micro plastics ending up in the environment rather than CO2 emissions. That said, burning non-compostable plastic (with appropriate emissions control) does seem like an appropriate way of disposing of it, and generating some energy in the process.
- bergenty 4y agoIt’s not about CO2.
- lopis 4y agoWhen bacteria eat anything, they produce CO2. But instead of energy you get compost. It's not clear to me that one is better than the other.
- Enginerrrd 4y agoWhen bacteria eat things, unless you're very careful to keep things aerobic, you end up producing a lot of methane, which is a much worse greenhouse gas.