The great thing about plastics? They never break down, as long as they are not exposed to UV or heat. Then they do break down, into forever smaller pieces.
Have designed some injection molded parts. Everything stated in the article is true. And there are some plastics, "engineering" plastics, that are not even technically recyclable. Due to fiber fill or unlisted resins.
Thanks! Appreciate the detail here. I could possibly be described as an 'enviro-leftist' (sorry Starglider) but also care about actual outcomes, which unfortunately the recent left... Has not (cautiously optimistic about current government in the UK). I suspected recycling was low priority compared to the quad of power, heat, diet, and transport, but this is even worse than I suspected.
1) I am indeed interested in a deep dive into the WARM data.
2) A lot of this generalises mechanically to anywhere, but I do wonder if certain factors are particularly bad in America. That said, these are often not particularly close to worth it.
3) I am very skeptical about the quality of carbon offsets (although to your credit you gave a wide range). Other than where those offsets straight up remove carbon from the atmosphere (incredibly inefficient) or, more plausible, are applied in subsidy to e.g. renewable energy or low carbon steel or cement, it gets very fuzzy very quickly.
“cautiously optimistic about current government in the UK”
Lol, wut? Literally the vilest government on earth right now. Despicable human ticks.
Also, the whole “carbon” thing is abject horseshit. It’s a lie, and not even a very good one. A smart high school kid can see through it. Only rubes and retards fall for it.
hah---awesome. I love the detailed numbers behind something I always suspected but was too lazy to research quantitatively. Also, I was surprised about glass: that's one I always figured was probably pretty easy to recycle.
Interestingly, even the enviroleft seems to be admitting that plastics recycling is a joke. The Atlantic has run a bunch about it in the past few years. In their narrative, of course, it's Evil Oil Companies that Tricked Everyone and not annoying busybodies trying to feel better about themselves. Either way, though, it does seem like everyone is _slowly_ moving towards reality, at least with plastics.
And then there's Seattle, which (in theory; I have no idea if they actually enforce it) will fine you if you throw out food. You need to compost it instead. And use a paper straw to stir it (I kid).
Whether food composing helps or not depends on whether the alternative is open landfill or waste to energy (burning trash) or landfills that capture methane to burn for energy.
The great thing about plastics? They never break down, as long as they are not exposed to UV or heat. Then they do break down, into forever smaller pieces.
Have designed some injection molded parts. Everything stated in the article is true. And there are some plastics, "engineering" plastics, that are not even technically recyclable. Due to fiber fill or unlisted resins.
Thanks! Appreciate the detail here. I could possibly be described as an 'enviro-leftist' (sorry Starglider) but also care about actual outcomes, which unfortunately the recent left... Has not (cautiously optimistic about current government in the UK). I suspected recycling was low priority compared to the quad of power, heat, diet, and transport, but this is even worse than I suspected.
1) I am indeed interested in a deep dive into the WARM data.
2) A lot of this generalises mechanically to anywhere, but I do wonder if certain factors are particularly bad in America. That said, these are often not particularly close to worth it.
3) I am very skeptical about the quality of carbon offsets (although to your credit you gave a wide range). Other than where those offsets straight up remove carbon from the atmosphere (incredibly inefficient) or, more plausible, are applied in subsidy to e.g. renewable energy or low carbon steel or cement, it gets very fuzzy very quickly.
“cautiously optimistic about current government in the UK”
Lol, wut? Literally the vilest government on earth right now. Despicable human ticks.
Also, the whole “carbon” thing is abject horseshit. It’s a lie, and not even a very good one. A smart high school kid can see through it. Only rubes and retards fall for it.
hah---awesome. I love the detailed numbers behind something I always suspected but was too lazy to research quantitatively. Also, I was surprised about glass: that's one I always figured was probably pretty easy to recycle.
Interestingly, even the enviroleft seems to be admitting that plastics recycling is a joke. The Atlantic has run a bunch about it in the past few years. In their narrative, of course, it's Evil Oil Companies that Tricked Everyone and not annoying busybodies trying to feel better about themselves. Either way, though, it does seem like everyone is _slowly_ moving towards reality, at least with plastics.
And then there's Seattle, which (in theory; I have no idea if they actually enforce it) will fine you if you throw out food. You need to compost it instead. And use a paper straw to stir it (I kid).
Whether food composing helps or not depends on whether the alternative is open landfill or waste to energy (burning trash) or landfills that capture methane to burn for energy.