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		rahimiali on Feb 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycle... disposing of plastics isn't so simple. burning plastic for energy is ok for some plastics, but plastics that contain chlorides produce dangerous gases. we don't have cost effective ways to capture those gases. even if we addressed that issue, the economics of w2e are poorer than those of landfills.

ramraj07 on Feb 20, 2021 [–]

Citation? I was told proper incineration can take care of that l.

DFHippie on Feb 21, 2021 | [–]

Tou have to incinerate at a really high temperature to get rid of the chlorine.

fomine3 on Feb 22, 2021 | | [–]

All public incinerators in Japan burn wastes in such high temperature to handle the issue. Is it impossible all countries to use such incinerator?

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