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Honest/naive question: If something like https://www.preciousplastic.com/universe/how-does-it-work https://www.preciousplastic.com/universe/how-does-it-work was
by diggan 1y ago
Honest/naive question: If something like https://www.preciousplastic.com/universe/how-does-it-work https://www.preciousplastic.com/universe/how-does-it-work was in much, much wider use, would it have any realistic impact on the problem about recycling plastic? Since it's doing it in a very different way, and seems better at actually reusing the material.
- ahi 1y agoCalling it "precious" is just a bit too on the nose. That looks more like an art project than an actual solution. One of their shredders working 24/365 can get through <500 tons. In 2018, US generated 35.6 million tons of plastic. Industrial problems require industrial (or legislative) solutions.
- lesuorac 1y agoThe general problem is that new plastic is cheaper to produce than recycled plastic is to re-use. So, something like preciousplastic doesn't occur wide spread because it's more expensive and therefore worse under a capitalistic model. You'd need to add a tax to new plastic to change that fact.