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Originally Posted by macafee2
ho hum back to square 1
macafee2
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There are new technologies out there and newer and better technologies being developed. Old incinerator technology is not right for plastics - but the newer “containerised” incinerators captures the toxic chemicals such that they can be extracted and sold as a valuable bi-product.
There is also considerable research work on Thermolysis of waste plastic to produce a liquid fuel.
So it’s not all doom and gloom.
At least now more air is being used in packaging. My son sent me a bottle of aftershave for Fathers Day via Amazon.
A year or so ago it would have come in a box full of polystyrene “worms”. This time it came with one or two plastic “bladders” or balloons.
So the product was protected but the physical amount of plastic was a fraction of what was previously used.
I saw that as a small positive it what is clearly a bleak and serious scenario overall