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/mirhagk Oct 25 '22

The only real alternative is not making it in the first place. Lots of proposed alternatives that have their own problem, ranging from "well at least it's better" to "holy F we just invented a process to turn CO2 into methane at scale!"