GruntBlender t1_j69r20y wrote
Reply to comment by -Ch4s3- in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
Safest way to dispose of it is incineration tho. Anything else will leech microplastics and plasticisers into the environment.
pzerr t1_j6a2n4k wrote
Which turns it into complete C02.
GruntBlender t1_j6b1knc wrote
Better than microplastics
TrueRepose t1_j6bhhwp wrote
Which can then be transformed into carbon and breathable air :)
mxemec t1_j6igzon wrote
At least pyrolysis techniques can convert it into fuel beforehand.
-Ch4s3- t1_j6a3yq7 wrote
Garbage disposal uses lined and heavily monitored sites. It’s a solved problem.
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