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Won't there be toxic remains?

• qball 3y ago
  Not 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 ago
    We 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 ago
    Oh, that makes sense. Thanks.
  • jagaerglad 3y ago
    there are many additives in plastics so often they're not only hydrocarbons. BPA, PCB, flame retardants, colors and UV protection, etc
  • anonuser123456 3y ago
    Chlorinated plastics produce dioxins when burned.