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If we can, we should, but you probably want to consider most plastic wrappers as temporally displaced fossil fuel that will be burned for heat in a specialized
by bertil 3y ago
If we can, we should, but you probably want to consider most plastic wrappers as temporally displaced fossil fuel that will be burned for heat in a specialized kiln. The logo that designates plastic types should be changed to match local conditions, from the three circling arrows to a flame—with the same numbers. I believe that using those logos requires a license, but I doubt that it pays for the recycling of most of it. Most of it isn’t recycled anyway. You definitely want garbage collection and processing to be paid for by companies printing that logo. We definitely should include the cost of extracting and storing or processing carbon in there, too.
That might convince people to use paper bags or only certain types of plastic.
- SAI_Peregrinus 3y agoThe logo with 3 arrows going around a triangle and a number inside is a resin identification number (RIN), and has no relation to the recycling symbol (3 arrows going around a triangle with nothing inside) other than the arrows. It's meant to be deliberately confusing, to trick people into buying things made with unrecyclable plastics. Generally only resins 1 & 2 can be economically recycled, the rest get burned.