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#chemicalrecycling — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Rereading the Pew Charitable Trust’s “Breaking The Plastic Wave” report to prep for tomorrow’s visit to Kenyon by one of the project’s leaders, Dr. Palardy. It’s equal parts sobering & inspiring. A tour-de-force of deeply informed, open-source analysis & system-level thinking. In short, no single solution (collect & dispose, #recycle, reduce & substitute) can do it - system change is needed. #plastic #OceanConservation #oceanplastics #reuse #chemicalrecycling

    pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-

  2. I really enjoyed working with Anne and Alex on this piece about #chemical #recycling for @ConversationUS

    our take-home messages are that a) a recent #meta_analysis concludes plastic-to-#plastic chemical recycling can have a climate benefit, but plastic-to-energy doesn't
    b) most #pyrolysis #oil is destined for transportation fuel, &
    c) the plastic waste stream is too complex & contaminated for most #chemicalrecycling so most plants don't reach capacity

    theconversation.com/making-fue