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> What a mess. Nothing compared to https://www.google.com/search?q=landfill+plastic&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=landfill+plastic&tbm=isch
by notachatbot123 3y ago
> What a mess.
Nothing compared to https://www.google.com/search?q=landfill+plastic&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=landfill+plastic&tbm=isch
- trallnag 3y agoPlastic trash is supposed to be burned or recycled
- lupire 3y agoPlastic recycling is marketing myth to make you feel better about plastic trash.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoWe don't live in a world where what's supposed to happen is what actually happens.
- piva00 3y agoRecycling of plastic is only even possible for a really low percentage of the total produced, it's not a fungible thing since there are seven different grades and each one is incompatible with the other in terms of recycling. Some of those grades are not recyclable at all. Currently we recycle 9% of plastics, sorting through the cheaper grades is non-trivial, we can't recycle our way out of this mess. Burning plastic will just create more pollution, capturing outgassing from burning is also non-trivial. We should instead use less plastic, the 3 Rs start with Reduce, then Re-use and only after that Recycle.
- Velofellow 3y agoThank you for remembering the other 2 Rs! I just had a conversation with someone last week where I brought up the two prior to Recycle, and they had completely forgotten. Even the ubiquitous 3 Rs logo with arrows has now become shorthand for just recycle.
- lm28469 3y ago> Plastic trash is supposed to be burned Ah, nothing to worry about then
- notachatbot123 3y agohttps://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/incineration-burning-plastic-crisis/ https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/incineration-burning-plas... https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/2022/8/science-highlights/burning-plastic https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/2022/8/science-highlights/burni...