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@eniko @angelastella @gabrielesvelto @cederbs Sources!

> Unfortunately, the majority of plastic waste is being incinerated, dumped in landfills, and released into the environment, causing significant environmental and health problems (Wang et al. 2020a), with only a tiny percentage that does not exceed 10.0% recycled in the USA

10% is recycled. 90% is _incinerated or released into the environment_.

If we used 1% of the plastic we use today, we could easily manage 100% of it, no?

16 October at 12:44 | Wall-to-wall | Open on merveilles.town
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Anatol

@pixx @eniko @angelastella @gabrielesvelto @cederbs
Some interesting data - what I did not expect in there (ok, it's everywhere these days) is an unhealthy out of the blue dose of Covid denialism - "during the coronavirus disease 2019" (using "during" as if it were a thing of the past!); "should future waves of COVID-19 occur" (lmao?)

17 October at 16:01 | Open on chaos.social
Ángela Stella Matutina

@dngrs @pixx @eniko @gabrielesvelto @cederbs

It's the name of the disease. And almost no one masks anymore, not even fucking healthcare workers, that's denialism for you.

17 October at 16:09 | Open on social.treehouse.systems
Anatol replied to Ángela Stella Matutina

@angelastella The name is not the point - it's the "during". The paper very clearly uses "during" as if it's long gone. I've updated my original toot to clarify.

17 October at 16:16 | Open on chaos.social
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@eniko @angelastella @gabrielesvelto @cederbs Another source!

> sciencedirect.com/science/arti

> 50% of all plastics are single-use, as of 2018, and that share is rising

Given:

- Most microplastics comes from non-recycled plastic, and
- We have capacity to recycle ~10% of current plastic production, and
- Single-use plastics are 50% of current production, then

Conclusion:

Eliminating single use plastics (50% of current production) reduces microplastics by ~55.55%.

@eniko @angelastella @gabrielesvelto @cederbs Another source!

> sciencedirect.com/science/arti

> 50% of all plastics are single-use, as of 2018, and that share is rising

Given:

- Most microplastics comes from non-recycled plastic, and
- We have capacity to recycle ~10% of current plastic production, and
- Single-use plastics are 50% of current production, then

16 October at 12:51 | Open on merveilles.town
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@eniko @angelastella @gabrielesvelto @cederbs (yes I know that it's way more complicated and this is just napkin math.)

16 October at 12:59 | Open on merveilles.town
ShadSterling

@pixx @eniko @angelastella @gabrielesvelto @cederbs why do people incinerate plastic? Is that better than burying it in a landfill?

17 October at 0:10 | Open on mastodon.social
Ángela Stella Matutina
ShadSterling

@angelastella @pixx @eniko @gabrielesvelto @cederbs I know at least some plastics do burn, but I imagine the energy density is pretty low since it’s the made from the stuff that gets removed when refining fossil fuels. And the fumes are awful. But I guess using it to power something is better than burning it because it’s cheaper than shipping it to a landfill

17 October at 0:37 | Open on mastodon.social
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