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Last I checked oil was the primary ingredient in making plastic. This could be a way to recycle plastic that is not recyclable by normal means.
by stonemetal12 4y ago
Last I checked oil was the primary ingredient in making plastic. This could be a way to recycle plastic that is not recyclable by normal means.
- smcg 4y agoplastic is a byproduct of the petroleum production process.
- pfdietz 4y agoMuch of the feedstock for plastic is from natural gas, not from oil. Fracked gas in particular has a lot of ethane, which is converted to ethylene and then to polyethylene. The rise of fracked gas in the US caused PE production to move here.