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> Electricity coming from coal is not something you address by using plastic bottles. That’s not my point and I think you’re deliberately misinterpreting it.
by shortcake27 3y ago
> Electricity coming from coal is not something you address by using plastic bottles.
That’s not my point and I think you’re deliberately misinterpreting it.
> In the US it's probably put on a barge and stripped in Mexico or something, no idea. It's rarely thrown out though, as it's very expensive and very useful.
This sounds like wishful thinking. Do you have any evidence to support this claim? “Don’t worry, just trash it and it’ll probably get sorted in Mexico” doesn’t inspire confidence.
- literalAardvark 3y agoSteel is at 80% https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-iron-steel-scrap.pdf https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-iron-steel... PET is at 30% https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/plastics-material-specific-data https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-... Is your particular bottle going to be part of the 20%? IDK... but it's more likely by definition that the PET one is going to be part of the 70%, and is also more damaging in every possible way. Except when dropping it on your foot.