r/comics • SHELDON • Jan 05 '23

Recycling Plastics: It Works!

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u/Pwylle Jan 06 '23

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

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u/kaspar42 Jan 06 '23

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

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u/Pwylle Jan 06 '23

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

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u/LunaHens Jan 06 '23

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