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[โ€“] m4x@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What I don't understand is why burning plastic waste and using the generated heat (for example for district heating) is not discussed more often. I think recycling offers very little benefit over simple burning of plastics due to the amount of oil still being burned everywhere compared to the amount of oil used for plastic production.

[โ€“] match@pawb.social 10 points 7 months ago

I guess I'm surprised we don't do it but we all know that burning plastic is gonna end up directly in the lungs of some poor people who have to live by the pollution factory