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I do not know how much energy can be extracted from plastic bottles by burning them, but ist using oil for plastic bottles and then burning the plastic bottles

by jansan 4y ago

I do not know how much energy can be extracted from plastic bottles by burning them, but ist using oil for plastic bottles and then burning the plastic bottles better than burning the oil straight away?

DoingIsLearning 4y ago
No: 1) You are putting a bunch of plasticizers and all sorts of chemicals in the mix that you probably don't want to get volatile. 2) You have to spend extra fuel (coal/gas/wood) getting a furnace up to the right temperature to incinerate this. (You can't really startup a fire with plastic).