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Re:Dow said it was recycling our shoes. We found them at an ... by kennywinker on Sunday February 26, 2023 @11:55AM (#34947021)
https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2017/12/13/the-truth-about...

> As a result, bioplastics often end up in landfills where, deprived of oxygen, they may release methane, a greenhouse gas 23 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

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Re:Dow said it was recycling our shoes. We found them at an ... by concordDance on Monday February 27, 2023 @03:21AM (#34954230)
Methane is also quite short lived in the atmosphere, right?
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Re:Dow said it was recycling our shoes. We found them at an ... by tremon on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @04:58AM (#34967581)
...and then decomposes into CO2 anyway. So you get a short-lived (10 years) very potent greenhouse gas, and then the long-term effect of CO2 on top of that. So whichever way you slice it, releasing methane is strictly worse than releasing CO2.
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