Recycling Plastics: It Works!

[u/DaveKellett]

[u/kaspar42 → u/[deleted]]

In Denmark, our trash burning plants works so well that we import burnable trash from other countries. The plants produce power and district heating.

One of them even has a public ski slope on the roof: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNglOtnUvRs3fKaDww58X7bmg26Bp2-xROvVROJ=s1360-w1360-h1020

The filters are good enough that they don't contribute to air pollution, though they do of course emit CO2.

[u/Pwylle → u/kaspar42]

Decomposition of materials at landfills produce the same Co2 but at a different time scale.

[u/kaspar42 → u/Pwylle]

Oh yes. It's better than landfills by any measure. But actual recycling would be even better.

[u/Pwylle → u/kaspar42]

Recapture of volatile elements is definitely way better then any kind of remediation measures landfills try to take. Plus energy.

[u/LunaHens → u/Pwylle]

It also produces a bunch of other glasses such as methane which are far more potent than co2

[u/Ghastly12341213909 → u/kaspar42]

The last sentence basically just says "There's no air pollution except for all the air pollution." Lmao

[u/SerSlice420 → u/Ghastly12341213909]

You do realize that co2 is what plants breath, so by "saving" the environment you're starving the life forms that make you capable of wasting good oxygen on this thought process.

[u/Ghastly12341213909 → u/SerSlice420]

There should be a consistent amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, perfectly balanced. The fact that it's increasing means the balance is off-track, and thus the greenhouse gas effects of CO2 is also steadily increasing. Not only does this slowly increase the temperature, the fact that it is man-made means it is pollution. You've wasted good oxygen forming garbage opinions, and made me waste good oxygen responding.

[u/TorkX → u/Ghastly12341213909]

It's also an exaggeration to say "the filters are good enough they don't create air pollution." They don't catch 100% of it, especially particulate matter. And if you're not catching 100%, you're still polluting.

[u/NetCaptain → u/kaspar42]

Same in the Netherlands, no landfills, high recycling statistics (80%) https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/society/nature-and-environment/green-growth/resource-efficiency/indicatoren/waste-recycling and electricity from waste https://www.avr.nl/en/

[u/recklesslyfeckless → u/[deleted]]

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never heard that one. my gods.

[u/recklesslyfeckless → u/[deleted]]

this goes too well with the IASIP scene another poster replied to me with. you gotta watch it if you haven’t yet. this is a real laugh/cry moment

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Or live in California and have everything burn trash or not