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Darryl_Lict t1_ixaw0hh wrote

I'm really suspicious of these claims. The products look really nice. Ocean harvested plastics are highly deteriorated from sun and salt exposure and contaminated with all types of crap including organic matter. They are a jumble of all types of plastics. Most products claiming recycled use are made from manufacturing scraps that are clean and composed of a single type of plastic.

There may be some process down the road which can reduce mixed plastics to elementary chemical compounds that can be refined and reused. We aren't there yet, but people are working on it.

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SnowyNW t1_ixb5era wrote

Wow didn’t even think that the samples they would be polymerizing to up-cycle are already so degraded that they can’t be used or must be reimpregnated with stabilizers such as BP(x)

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pannous t1_ixheohx wrote

Yeah how come recycling of landfill plastic is mostly highly unprofitable and suddenly going to the ocean makes a dent?

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