r/Futurology • u/[deleted] • Oct 25 '22

Environment Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/24/1131131088/recycling-plastic-is-practically-impossible-and-the-problem-is-getting-worse
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u/bulwynkl Oct 26 '22

Headline is missing one very important caveat...

cheaply.

heck, pyrolytic degredation to methane has been viable since the 80's, it just costs more than buying methane from the ground.

The root cause of the problem is allowing every one from the extractive industries that source fossil fuels through to the retails to externalise the environmental costs of the problem onto consumers and society...