There was a post exactly like this 7 years ago that was archived. Plastics, organic matter, metals they were all taken from the earth. There’s already technology for almost all complicated things. Why not for absolute zero waste? Like the problem with plastics is the decomposition rate, why not hasten the decomposition by grinding them up to powder so that they can be mixed with soil. Instead of ugly and dangerous dumpsites like mountains of trash.
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Grinding them up actually makes things worse, because the plastic still doesn’t break down. So you’re left with the same amount of garbage plastic as before, but now in a powdery format that can spread and get into the water, the plants, the animals, and the food. We’re already discovering that small plastic particles are a health hazard that’s really messing up the environment (search “microplastics”). Making more of them on purpose is a bad strategy compared to keeping the bigger plastic pieces sequestered more safely in a landfill.
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