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Why do we want to break down PET? Why not just re-use it?
by kwhitefoot 3y ago
Why do we want to break down PET? Why not just re-use it?
- Intralexical 3y agoHeat, stress, and light will probably break it down mechanically over time no matter how diligent you are about reusing or recycling it. At the very least, this should hopefully mean that all those scary endocrine-disrupting and bioaccumulating microplastic and nanoplastic particles that are apparently being shed by the millions every time you heat or handle anything plastic aren't necessarily going to keep building up forever.
- wahnfrieden 3y agoMost is not reused, or only reused with limited capacity