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Environment & Energy

dixiegrrrrl

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4. I said some years ago

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 12:48 PM

Mar 2012

that people would start mining garbage dumps/landfills for the plastic, all it would take would be for oil to hit a certain price.
Amazed that this is had not been done on a large scale until now.

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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