Comment on Is it greener to just burn plastic?
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 6 months ago
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…
Comment on Is it greener to just burn plastic?
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 6 months ago
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…
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 6 months ago
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.
Remmock@kbin.social 6 months ago
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.
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 6 months ago
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.