Skiddy Nipper
Sep 20, 2021

It would be more pragmatic to burn the plastic in an energy-from-waste power station - like this one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELCHP

It's not ideal of course. But the fossil fuel has already been extracted to make the plastic. It can then be put to a second use by extracting its energy - in lieu of burning natural gas.

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Skiddy Nipper
Skiddy Nipper

Written by Skiddy Nipper

Slippery, immature, a bit of a crustacean, and dangerous to know.

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