Plastic recycling: Not a delusion, but a lie

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Plastic recycling: Not a delusion, but a lie
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CHEMICAL recycling of plastic through a process called pyrolysis is a concept that makes sense at a very basic level.

If plastic can be broken down into its constituent molecules, that chemical soup, a form of synthetic crude oil, can then be used to make all manner of new products such as new plastic items — which could, of course, be recycled again in an endless loop of 'product circularity' — synthetic fuels such as diesel and aviation fuel, and other chemicals.

You wouldn't know that, of course, from the heavy marketing spin applied by the petrochemical industry, especially in the US and Europe. In the US in particular, chemical recycling has attracted a considerable amount of financial and regulatory backing from the government, especially at the individual state level.

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