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Thermal recycling is a classic Japanese euphemism for burning plastics. Yes, for energy, but it's still misleading https://www.mitsui.com/solution/en/contents/

• dcrazy 4mo ago
  Yes, the bin for general waste is even labeled “burnables,” and in my experience that is where non-rigid plastic films go. (Films are very difficult to sort automatically; we landfill them here in SF.)