nah the impact on the environment would often be much larger if we continued to ship containers back and forth.
for example to recycle plastic (and doing it properly, in a practical scenario, with real-life circumstances), you’d essentially have to invest more energy than it takes to just burn it and produce new plastic instead.
For thermoplastics, you just need to heat it up again to make whatever you want. You’re not using any more energy than used when the plastic was first made.
Thermoset plastics can’t be melt down so they’re instead broken down into smaller pieces.
nah the impact on the environment would often be much larger if we continued to ship containers back and forth.
for example to recycle plastic (and doing it properly, in a practical scenario, with real-life circumstances), you’d essentially have to invest more energy than it takes to just burn it and produce new plastic instead.
For thermoplastics, you just need to heat it up again to make whatever you want. You’re not using any more energy than used when the plastic was first made.
Thermoset plastics can’t be melt down so they’re instead broken down into smaller pieces.