https://youtu.be/397zqSPzomo?si=wnzro8MCzUDIzhAQ

Plastics industry push recycling “myths” for decades, says new report

Maybe have more aluminium cans ?

dv said:

https://youtu.be/397zqSPzomo?si=wnzro8MCzUDIzhAQ

Plastics industry push recycling “myths” for decades, says new report

Recycling plastic back into what it was before is not now, nor ever likely to be economical, therefore you need to reuse it in a way that all plastics can be placed in a melting pot together and a new product like bricks or road making materials are produced, and to get behind the process with money, goodwill and determination to make it viable and an everyday use.

PermeateFree said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/397zqSPzomo?si=wnzro8MCzUDIzhAQ

Plastics industry push recycling “myths” for decades, says new report

Recycling plastic back into what it was before is not now, nor ever likely to be economical, therefore you need to reuse it in a way that all plastics can be placed in a melting pot together and a new product like bricks or road making materials are produced, and to get behind the process with money, goodwill and determination to make it viable and an everyday use.

I think that guy who was using enzymes to break the chemical bonds in plastics back to the basic chemical components, was leaning towards the option to re-produce almost any forms of plastics as the production of plastics starts at that level. Rather than having to discard the current non-recyclable plastics.

monkey skipper said:

PermeateFree said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/397zqSPzomo?si=wnzro8MCzUDIzhAQ

Plastics industry push recycling “myths” for decades, says new report

Recycling plastic back into what it was before is not now, nor ever likely to be economical, therefore you need to reuse it in a way that all plastics can be placed in a melting pot together and a new product like bricks or road making materials are produced, and to get behind the process with money, goodwill and determination to make it viable and an everyday use.

I think that guy who was using enzymes to break the chemical bonds in plastics back to the basic chemical components, was leaning towards the option to re-produce almost any forms of plastics as the production of plastics starts at that level. Rather than having to discard the current non-recyclable plastics.

The problems of recycling of plastics are many and most are also expensive. Firstly, you must collect it, sort it and transport a lightweight product of little value to places of where this can be done. Then you must treat and reprocess it, package it and then sell it, as against throwing it all together without sorting (other than just plastic) to produce a malleable product that can be molded into something of value and high demand where sales do not rely on a cheaper price to produce an inferior product that has limited application.

PermeateFree said:

dv said:

https://youtu.be/397zqSPzomo?si=wnzro8MCzUDIzhAQ

Plastics industry push recycling “myths” for decades, says new report

Recycling plastic back into what it was before is not now, nor ever likely to be economical, therefore you need to reuse it in a way that all plastics can be placed in a melting pot together and a new product like bricks or road making materials are produced, and to get behind the process with money, goodwill and determination to make it viable and an everyday use.

You don’t want to melt PVC. Produces noxious chlorine gas.

Plastic-based bricks can and have been made from a combination of sand and plastic.

Just thinking aloud, could recycled plastic replace bitumen/concrete on roads?

Another though I had about plastics recently. Plastics make good roughage/food fibre to aid digestion as a replacement for bran. But are there already any common plastics that are actually nutritious when eaten?