Here’s what I know: 1) Plastic burns. 2) Heat can be used to generate energy with steam turbines, which I’m pretty sure is how nuclear power plants and fossil fuel plants work. 3) A specialized power plant can focus on increasing efficiency and decreasing pollution. 4) Plastic recycling is really hard and has been generally unsuccessful.
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The slag from coal plants is used to make caffeine for soda drinks and gypsum for drywall. If they burned garbage they wouldn’t be able to sell the byproducts anymore. Some trash incinerators are used to make steam but it’s a very small percentage
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