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Re:Durable plastic gets a sustainability makeover in novel p... by 0xDEAFBEAD on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @11:54AM (#43027167)
I don't understand why recycling plastics is desirable. Plastics are made from hydrocarbons, right? So putting them in the ground amounts to carbon sequestration, which is good? What am I missing?
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Re:Durable plastic gets a sustainability makeover in novel p... by Terr_ on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @06:44PM (#43031031)
1. We aren't burying them sufficiently to take them out of the biosphere, that'd be expensive.

2. Even if we could, plastics are generally not made from hydrocarbons pulled out of the biosphere, so it doesn't counter CO2 emissions and global warming.

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