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Re:Will this be our biggest ever river catch? by Workaccount2 on Monday April 22, 2024 @10:35AM (#40114792)
Rather than focusing on recycling plastic, we should be focusing on properly sequestering it.

Dig tunnels deep in the earth were it can sit for millions of years before breaking back down into whatever simpler hydrocarbons.

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Re:Will this be our biggest ever river catch? by rTX5CMRXIfFG on Monday April 22, 2024 @11:06AM (#40115124)
The drive for profit created plastics, where's the profit in your suggestion
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Re:Will this be our biggest ever river catch? by Workaccount2 on Monday April 22, 2024 @11:09AM (#40115150)
There is none, it would have to be tax payer funded.
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Re:Will this be our biggest ever river catch? by liotier on Monday April 22, 2024 @11:10AM (#40115158)
The costs and carbon emissions of digging deep tunnels vast enough to contain our plastic waste might make it negative value.
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