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March 5th, 2019 at 11:54:09 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 | Is This The End of Recycling? Appears the dirty little secret is we were sending lots of trash to China. We should be able to burn plastics. Metal is easy to recycle. Glass can be ground down and used as sand on the beach, maybe in roads? The President is a fink. |
March 5th, 2019 at 12:03:48 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
I've never understood the horror of of putting plastic bottles in a landfill. We take the oil out of the ground, make plastic out of it, but if we put it back in the ground when we're done, that's an offense against god. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
March 5th, 2019 at 12:06:39 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Why not just burn them? I do know that recycling plastics is very tricky. But there has to be other ways to get rid of it. Grind it up for fill or something. The President is a fink. |
March 7th, 2019 at 8:12:27 AM permalink | |
reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 |
They're using plastic waste in India to build roads:
United Airlines is already purchasing jet fuel from Fulcrum Bioenergy's Reno Nevada facility which makes the jet fuel from municipal solid waste... ie, household trash. Fulcrum needs a feedstock composed of paper, cardboard, plastic, food, and yard waste. Their facility under construction in Gary, Indiana will take 700,000 tons of Chicago trash and convert it to 33 million gallons of jet fuel annually. |
March 7th, 2019 at 8:43:37 AM permalink | |
kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4470 |
Though I support such innovative solutions they actually make no difference in the long term. The roads will eventually breakdown (whether it is 5 years or 20 years makes no difference) and spread the microplastics everywhere unless the roads can be recycled and laid down again as asphalt roads can be. About 25% of the garbage by weight is being turned into jet fuel. Is this more efficient than just burning it for power? I didn't research it and don't know but it is still adding CO2 into the atmosphere. "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |
March 7th, 2019 at 11:25:20 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Roads are already one of the most recycled things. Either way we can figure that out in 5-20 years. New ideas will probably come by then. Everything eventually becomes a disposal issue. The President is a fink. |
March 7th, 2019 at 12:25:17 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 | Sun breaks down plastic. Probably should have roof dumps. Basically if you built buildings the right way, no one would see it. Floating in the ocean sun breaks it up, but you still need to contain it. Plenty of space. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
March 7th, 2019 at 12:31:33 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Could make the roofing material out of it maybe? Plastic is tough. Hard to recycle into consumer goods since so many different plastics. So you have to make it into something else. But recycling is not just making new pop bottles out of old. Often makes more sense to use it for something else. Like the grocery store used to have paper bags. Those got reused many ways, but never to carry groceries again. The President is a fink. |
March 7th, 2019 at 1:24:40 PM permalink | |
kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4470 |
It only breaks it down into microscopic pieces. The oceans of the world are now polluted with microplastics from pole to pole. The are totally into the food chain now. If you are eating seafood you are eating microplastics. Is this a serious health concern? We don't know yet but there is not much we can do since we have no way to remove them from the oceans. "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |
March 7th, 2019 at 7:43:34 PM permalink | |
YeahBaby Member since: May 24, 2016 Threads: 5 Posts: 364 | I love this rapper dude!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Oxford-educated rapper 'smashes female weightlifting records while identifying as a woman' |