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Re:The Great Recycling Con [video] by anticodon on Monday December 09, 2019 @09:13AM (#21742764)
Aren't cans lined with plastic inside? I assume it's almost impossible to recycle the plastic inside the can.
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Re:The Great Recycling Con [video] by NullPrefix on Monday December 09, 2019 @09:25AM (#21742872)
AFAIK they melt the cans before reusing, so all the inner plastic is burned.
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Re:The Great Recycling Con [video] by rshow on Monday December 09, 2019 @09:31AM (#21742917)
Yes, there's a very minuscule amount of plastic lining the inside of most aluminum and steel cans. It's vaporized or becomes slag when the metal is melted in a furnace.
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Re:The Great Recycling Con [video] by pnutjam on Monday December 09, 2019 @10:18AM (#21743311)
I believe that burns off and is easy-ish to deal with in the smelting process.

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

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