Is it greener to just burn plastic?
Is it greener to just burn plastic?
Just thinking in terms of compared to microplastics and toxins in recycled plastic.
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No it isn't more 'green'
Burning it creates much more toxins etc. than a 'normal' recycling procedure. And of course lots of soot and CO2 and whatnot...
Plus burning it allows those toxins to disperse across the environment while more traditional recycling can keep the toxins mostly concentrated on landfill/processing sites.
My guy is talking about a controlled environment with scientific processes and y’all here talkin’ like he wants to chuck it on a few logs.
The post was not clear to me that OP was talking about incineration facilities, I know several people who burn plastics and garbage frequently on their own property/camping. Even well filtered incinerators have a considerable amount of fallout.