Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL Only about 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1external-linkTIL Only about 9% of plastic ever produced has been recycled.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square179fedilink
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoPart of me thinks we’d be better off just burning most of it at this point. Maybe work on bacteria that can break down the plastics in specific environments like seawater.
minus-squareallan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI’d we could just make it all from 100% bioplastics, we could just burn it for heating/power when done with it and regrow it
Part of me thinks we’d be better off just burning most of it at this point. Maybe work on bacteria that can break down the plastics in specific environments like seawater.
I’d we could just make it all from 100% bioplastics, we could just burn it for heating/power when done with it and regrow it