Would burning plastics be better solution than shredding them, due to the created microplastics?

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Would burning plastics be better solution than shredding them, due to the created microplastics?

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If you just put a match to it, not really; you’ll create toxic pollutants and such. [Pyrolitic gasification ](https://phys.org/news/2013-12-plastic-cleanly-natural-gas.html) and [Plasma Arc Gasification ](https://netl.doe.gov/research/Coal/energy-systems/gasification/gasifipedia/westinghouse) can do it safely without toxic byproducts.