• PilferJynx
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    2 年前

    Basically it costs too much to recycle most plastic. It’s just so much cheaper to sell it to impoverished countries that will either burn it or dump it somewhere.

    • Rickety Thudds@lemmy.ca
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      Maybe if we could solve for plasma arc gasification plants to turn garbage into clean energy. But not presently