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Environment & Energy

OKIsItJustMe

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3. Don't burn it! Recycle it!

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 11:47 AM

Mar 2012

http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_biddle.html

Less than 10% of plastic trash is recycled -- compared to almost 90% of metals -- because of the massively complicated problem of finding and sorting the different kinds. Frustrated by this waste, Mike Biddle has developed a cheap and incredibly energy efficient plant that can, and does, recycle any kind of plastic.

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Startup Converts Plastic To Oil, And Finds A Niche [View all] xchrom Mar 2012 OP

This is exactly DonCoquixote Mar 2012 #1

interesting, not a new idea AlecBGreen Mar 2012 #2

Don't burn it! Recycle it! OKIsItJustMe Mar 2012 #3

I said some years ago dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #4