Stubborn polystyrene waste finally gets innovative recycling solution
Stubborn polystyrene waste finally gets innovative recycling solution
Researchers propose a new chemical recycling method with pyrolysis to effectively break down polystyrene for reusability.
In practical terms, how realistic is it to just not allow the stuff to be made?
I see much less of it these days, which is great and it's usually replaced with cardboard that I imagine is much easier to recycle.
Can we do away with completely? It's such an awful substance, it grinds my gears, as they say.
It's in more stuff than you think. High density polystyrene is what a good chunk of disposable plastic spoons/forks/knives is made of.
The clear brittle kind. Cups too, the clear ones that snap when you squeeze them too hard.
Honestly probably pretty easily. Its not even a good packing material.
TL;DR: Pyrolysis with a yield of 60 percent styrene monomers.
Just outlaw it already. It was a bad idea
But then how will I make homemade napalm?
This is the way to upcycle it
I'm very against this unless it's praxis
Just mix it with petrol and then you have sticky flammable substance to do with what you will
Experimenting with spreading mine on a cookie sheet to dry in the sun. Chop it up and you got handy fire starters.
EDIT: It works perfectly!
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Maybe we could just stop making plastic of all kinds. Reduce Reuse Recycle. Recycling is literally the last resort, we don't need most of our plastic stuff today.
How will people convert convenience into money and become rich at the expense of future generations?
10Mj/kg = 2.7kWh/kg
Not bad efficiency.
In situ processing should solve that. Imagine a machine where you put that in, it gets crushed and sprayed and the liquid is transported and recycled.
why is this better than just icinerating it for baseload power? That is the only truly safe way to dispose of plastic, plus pyrolisis adds an extra step, which costs more energy.