Bikes, bowling balls, and the balancing act that is modern recycling (2015)

Re:Bikes, bowling balls, and the balancing act that is moder... by iNerdier on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @02:50PM (#19800387)

Incredibly expensive, solvent heavy and wouldn’t actually work either. You’d be better off burning the lot to produce electricity which is what increasingly happens.

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Re:Bikes, bowling balls, and the balancing act that is moder... by ecnahc515 on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @03:24PM (#19800702)

I'd assume/hope they're capturing the gases from the burning, but do you know if that produces anything usable or something we also need to then figure out what to do with?

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Re:Bikes, bowling balls, and the balancing act that is moder... by mojomark on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @04:11PM (#19801135)

You're assumption, unfortunately, is incorrect.[1][2]

1.) Ocean City, MD opts to burn recyclables in Covanta Incinerators (selfish, awesome): https://www.oceancity.com/ocean-city-has-no-plans-to-return-...

2.) Covanta Incinerators are bad despite what the company claims (selfish, shocking): https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/too-much-pollution/

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Re:Bikes, bowling balls, and the balancing act that is moder... by ecnahc515 on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @07:03PM (#19802554)

I tend to be a pessimist so I was trying to be a bit more optimistic, but I guess that was a bit misguided.

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