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Sounds promising, and plastic waste is a huge problem. But the article doesn't address the biggest issues: 1) Do you need to separate types of plastics or cle
by underdeserver 2y ago
Sounds promising, and plastic waste is a huge problem.
But the article doesn't address the biggest issues:
1) Do you need to separate types of plastics or clean them before using this process?
2) What are the challenges to scaling this? (They mentioned that this is an issue but didn't answer the question)
- Sindisil 2y ago> 1) Do you need to separate types of plastics or clean them before using this process? The whole second section of the article discusses this process on mixed plastics, including: > Another test involved introducing different plastics, such as PET and PVC, to polypropylene and polyethylene to see if that would make a difference. These did lower the yield significantly. If this approach is going to be successful, then all but the slightest traces of contaminants will have to be removed from polypropylene and polyethylene products before they are recycled.
- underdeserver 2y agoI guess it does hint that litter, food waste etc. are also problematic. Could be clearer though.