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A simpler way is to just burn it for fuel. And use it to replace the oil to energy production currently in place.
by nashashmi 3y ago
A simpler way is to just burn it for fuel. And use it to replace the oil to energy production currently in place.
- Ancalagon 3y agoOr maybe we could liquify and pump it back down to where the oil was. I suppose you're potentially using a lot of energy to do this, but its better than just releasing the pollution imho.
- onemoresoop 3y agoOr we could at least drastically reduce use of plastics. We should start off with disposable plastic stuff.
- nashashmi 3y agoThat doesn’t solve the current plastics.
- nashashmi 3y agoMore energy consumption means more CO2 unless there is too much power generated from emissonless tech which won’t be the case for a while. So might as well burn it.
- schainks 3y agoDenmark has done this successfully. They now import garbage from the EU b/c they ran out of their own to burn.
- balaji1 3y agoWhat’s the remains of burning plastics? Are there any toxic remnants?
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- anonuser123456 3y agoDioxins, mostly from chlorinated plastics.
- aio2 3y agoWon't there be toxic remains?
- qball 3y agoNot if you're running a flame hot enough to guarantee complete combustion; this is the difference between a proper waste incinerator and a burn barrel. Plastics are hydrocarbons; nothing special going on there.
- hirvi74 3y agoWe can burn plastic as fuel in a proper incinerator, the fuel can power the incinerator, and we can achieve a damn-near perpetual machine with the amount of plastics we have. (I'm being facetious, of course)
- aio2 3y agoOh, that makes sense. Thanks.
- jagaerglad 3y agothere are many additives in plastics so often they're not only hydrocarbons. BPA, PCB, flame retardants, colors and UV protection, etc
- anonuser123456 3y agoChlorinated plastics produce dioxins when burned.
- eternityforest 3y agoOr break it down to gasses or oil and make new plastic with that.