What Happens Now That China Won't Take U.S. Recycling

Re:What Happens Now That China Won't Take U.S. Recycling by pjc50 on Saturday March 09, 2019 @11:44AM (#19346952)

(1) I think waste-to-energy is underappreciated, especially if a certain elasticity is planned rather than just running the turbines 24/7 it can meet the elasticity needs of the electric grid.

But then you have to process the ash: https://www.thisiseco.co.uk/news_and_blog/what-happens-to-wa...

(2) is roughly the Green Dot or WEEE approach: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Dot_(symbol)

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Re:What Happens Now That China Won't Take U.S. Recycling by benj111 on Saturday March 09, 2019 @12:43PM (#19347354)

I don't per se have a problem with waste to energy.

I do have a problem labeling it as green energy, and it should be the option of last resort after all other recycling options have been exhausted.

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Re:What Happens Now That China Won't Take U.S. Recycling by Thlom on Saturday March 09, 2019 @11:54AM (#19347030)

In my town general waste is burned and the resulting heat is used to heat buildings.

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Re:What Happens Now That China Won't Take U.S. Recycling by stefanfisk on Saturday March 09, 2019 @12:13PM (#19347171)

basically all of non-rural Sweden does this as well, to the point that we import trash to burn.

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