If oil is a limited resource and plastic comes from oil,how are we not facing a plastic shortage?
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The procedure for making plastics is complex – the cost of the feed gas isn’t a major part of the cost.
The feed gas is cheap – in many places, it isn’t worth collecting it and cleaning it, and it is just burnt off in the refinery’s (or well’s) flare stack. In this instance, and making it into plastic could be an environmental positive!
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