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In their defense, we've had plastic for much longer, and efficient recycling has been an empty promise so far. It will take special attention for these panels
by pyrale 3y ago
In their defense, we've had plastic for much longer, and efficient recycling has been an empty promise so far.
It will take special attention for these panels not to end in a landfill or in the ocean like most of the waste we're currently creating.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoPost-consumer recycling is a lot harder than post-industrial recycling. And everybody brings out the plastic recycling boogeyman instead of the myriad recycling programs that are working well, like steel, aluminum, paper and lead acid batteries, among others.
- pyrale 3y agoAll the examples you cite are where they are because recycling is competitive with initial extraction. People bring up the plastic boogeyman to show that's not always true. And yes, asking that question early is valuable [1]. [1]: https://cleantechnica.com/2022/07/24/recycling-lead-acid-batteries-is-easy-why-is-recycling-lithium-ion-batteries-hard/ https://cleantechnica.com/2022/07/24/recycling-lead-acid-bat...