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Plastic is essentially a byproduct of fuel production. My understand is that a lot of companies will pay others to take that plastic off their hands. Not only i
by AlecSchueler 3y ago
Plastic is essentially a byproduct of fuel production. My understand is that a lot of companies will pay others to take that plastic off their hands. Not only is it cheaper to use plastic than glass, it's positively subsidised.
- pfdietz 3y agoWhere "fuel" there includes natural gas. If ethane (the feedstock for ethylene production) were not useful for plastics, it would just be left in the natural gas and burned with the methane.
- wil421 3y agoA realtor friend found a lucrative side business in plastic recycling during the Great Recession. She still makes around $100k a year off of it. I wish I knew how it worked but her and her business partner don’t talk about it much. Probably for good reason. Pretty sure they take plastic off people hands and sell it to someone who uses it, paid to take it away and then paid again by a buyer.
- Scoundreller 3y agoProbably exporting it to someone that uses it as fuel, but not labelled/indicated for such use. It’s basically crude oil when it comes to energy/kg. Lots of shipping containers going back empty to lots of places.