Couldn't find this one as a separate thread. This could equally go in SMM&T, but I think our social reaction is more important than the tech analysis.
Studies are showing that US plastic recycling is a dismal failure, with no light at the end of the tunnel. Less than 5% of plastics collected actually get recycled, with new plastic production soaring. At its peak in 2014, the States were processing 10%, and it has gone downhill since, especially with China no longer taking Western waste since 2018. The process of reprocessing is not only greatly expensive, but environmentally toxic, making it kinda Sysiphean.
The bulk solution seems pretty straightforward: don't buy things in plastics, or keep them to a minimum, anyway. Never, for instance, buy a bottled water or other soft drink. But do we value that convenience too highly?
On a note that may or may not be related, what ever happened to Startech and the plasma converter (hey, it's a kind of recycling)? I've seen conflicting accounts of whether it works or not.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/plastic...production-up/
Studies are showing that US plastic recycling is a dismal failure, with no light at the end of the tunnel. Less than 5% of plastics collected actually get recycled, with new plastic production soaring. At its peak in 2014, the States were processing 10%, and it has gone downhill since, especially with China no longer taking Western waste since 2018. The process of reprocessing is not only greatly expensive, but environmentally toxic, making it kinda Sysiphean.
The bulk solution seems pretty straightforward: don't buy things in plastics, or keep them to a minimum, anyway. Never, for instance, buy a bottled water or other soft drink. But do we value that convenience too highly?
On a note that may or may not be related, what ever happened to Startech and the plasma converter (hey, it's a kind of recycling)? I've seen conflicting accounts of whether it works or not.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/plastic...production-up/
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