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The problem is that if you're always producing new plastics rather than recycle existing ones, you're using up more and more resources (e.g. oil) and at the sam
by kleiba 1y ago
The problem is that if you're always producing new plastics rather than recycle existing ones, you're using up more and more resources (e.g. oil) and at the same time creating ever growing landfills.
But there is a financial incentive to do so, so that's what's happening.
- baggy_trough 1y agoThe landfills are not a problem; we have effectively unbounded space for them. Plastics generally use less resources than any other equivalent; that is why they win the cost-effectiveness battle with other materials. The financial incentive is because plastics are cheaper and more efficient than anything else.