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> It seems like we had a pretty good system years ago in requiring people to leave a deposit for bottles when purchasing beer or pop to incentivize return + reu
by reisse 3y ago
> It seems like we had a pretty good system years ago in requiring people to leave a deposit for bottles when purchasing beer or pop to incentivize return + reuse.
On the other hand, this system incentivised using plastic bottles instead of glass, because of less hassle with returning.
> Everything I've read about plastic recycling points to it being ineffective...
There is one effective way to recycle plastic into energy called "waste incineration".
- resonious 3y agoJapan incinerates trash for energy, and yet they typically require residents to separate plastics from "burnables". Maybe it'd be better (and easier) for everyone if we just started putting everything into the burnable pile.
- HPsquared 3y agoRecyclable packaging tends to make for pretty good fuel.
- tuukkah 3y agoDuring last winter's energy crisis, Finnish cities were heated with plastics collected in Italy.
- tuukkah 3y agoAnother reason for the sorting at least here is that the companies using plastic packaging are the ones responsible for and paying the disposal system. I think the theory is that this will cause them to reduce plastics use and develop improved re-use.