What exactly is stopping us from sending a rocket into space with our plastic waste?

Question

I get that you could not possibly get rid of all of it, but wouldn’t it make sense to send a trash rocket into the abyss?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

The amount of plastics is so great and the amount that rockets can carry is so low that it would be like trying to drain an Olympic pool 1 teaspoon at a time and each teaspoon cost $100M