Just thinking in terms of compared to microplastics and toxins in recycled plastic.

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    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…

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      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.

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        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.

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          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.