we should recycle plastic but what is wrong with plastic recycling?
Plastics can only be recycled a couple of times, and plastics come from a non-renewable resource, oil. Plastics do not readily biodegrade, so are left as wildlife harming litter in the environment for a long time.
Plastic recycling is the process of recovering scrap or waste plastics and reprocessing the material into useful products, sometimes completely different from their original state. For instance, this could mean melting down soft drink bottles then making model army figures and ammunition. Before recycling, plastics are sorted according to their resin identification code. PET It also produce various waste gases and is non - biodegradable....
The real answer to this question is against intuition. No. For most items that are not under pressure, or contain liquids, there is no need for plastics at all. The exception to this is milk, which has a cardboard alternative already used worldwide, that is suicidal to open without wearing the contents. Secondly, any plastics that we do use, we should reuse, not recycle. Why not send pop bottles back to the factory to have a clean, re-topped and reused. Also there should be a prize for the genius of pop bottle re-used invention, from the ubiquitous bird feeder and plant pot, to arty tumblers and jugs. I use them for water, funnels, cloches etc. A good re-use is much more economic in carbon output than recycling. Indeed the philosophy of this site is, in fact, re-usage and not recycling. Better begged, bashed and broken, Than buried for an archaeological token Reforge stuff on the reuse anvil Try not to send it all to landfill
Plastic recycling is ok generally however the efficiency of doing this is sometimes questionable.. More carbon and energy can be used up by getting the plastic to the recycle plant than manufacturing a new one..
