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"As of 2015, less than 1% of polypropylene generated was recycled.[57] Heating degrades the carbon backbone more severely than for polyethylene, breaking it int
by koolala 1y ago
"As of 2015, less than 1% of polypropylene generated was recycled.[57] Heating degrades the carbon backbone more severely than for polyethylene, breaking it into smaller organic molecules, because the methyl side group of PP is susceptible to thermo-oxidative and photo-oxidative degradation."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polypropylene https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polypropylene
- dragontamer 1y agoWoops. I seem to have gotten confused. Polypropylene is the easily reused one that cleans off easily. So I guess that means do reuse these but don't plan on recycling. In any case, we need to get specific about the different kinds of plastics.