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Sending it to landfill would produce a lot less CO2.
by XorNot 1y ago
Sending it to landfill would produce a lot less CO2.
- actionfromafar 1y agoIf we are going to phase out fossils, we might just as well as phase out plastics last. (By burning it.) It the meantime, figure out how to make plastic less toxic and also how to use less of it.
- scotty79 1y agoMaybe in a few generations there'll be a ban on burning any fossil fuels other than plastic.
- mike-the-mikado 1y agoThat assumes that it does not decay in the landfill. Even if that is true today, I don't think we can rule out the evolution of bacteria etc. (possibly bio-engineered) to feed on plastics.
- sparsely 1y agoThe energy produced from burning it would come from somewhere else, which on average won't be 0 CO2 either.
- arresin 1y agoIt may be