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> So what they are doing now is putting plastic waste into PLASTIC ROADS, and calling this "recycling". That's why it's not really called "recycling" but downc
by mqus 4y ago
> So what they are doing now is putting plastic waste into PLASTIC ROADS, and calling this "recycling".
That's why it's not really called "recycling" but downcycling. It does not re-enter the "cycle". It just goes in a different (and arguably worse) landfill.
The argument for recycling is also not usually that landfills grow, but that stuff on landfills is not used for new things and the materials that are now missing have to be covered by oil, mining, etc, all the stuff "environmentalists" worry about.
- kevviiinn 4y agoJust wait until we start mining landfills for raw materials
- euroderf 4y agoDecades ago I figured it might be worthwhile to buy up mining rights to landfills. Cos yes, they are concentrated processed materials, albeit kinda mixed up. But then every state legislature would be trying to stick you with a bill for cleanup.
- genman 4y agoIt doesn't matter how it is precisely called. It still creates a huge concern in the same of being environmentally good. Roads are the worst place as they are constantly open to the elements and mechanical wear and are washed over and over by rain water. Using it for housing is a different and possible a better scenario given that environmental risks are taken into account at the end of the life when the material is disposed (or recycled or up/down cycled) after demolition.