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> I think you'll find for most plastics, landfills are much less carbon intensive than recycling. recycling means we don't need to worry about the carbon inten
by autoexec 4y ago
> I think you'll find for most plastics, landfills are much less carbon intensive than recycling.
recycling means we don't need to worry about the carbon intensive process of extracting and processing the raw materials to make new plastics instead of just reusing the plastics we've already created. The continuous creation of more and more plastic also means more and more microplastics.
You might love landfills, but I hope I never live too close to one. Proximity to landfills has been linked to all kinds of cancers and health problems.
- gumby 4y agoPlastic recycling basically doesn't work. Virgin feedstock is cheaper and easier to work with. Few plastic products are "pure" (most contain pigments, adhesives, and/or different kinds of plastic, not to mention other contaminants like the previous product contained in it). In other words, essentially all plastics are "single use" plastics.