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Making hydrogen from waste plastic could pay for itself (techxplore.com)

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Making hydrogen from waste plastic could pay for itself::Hydrogen is viewed as a promising alternative to fossil fuel, but the methods used to make it either generate too much carbon dioxide or are too expensive. Rice University researchers have found a way to harvest hydrogen ...

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Would be nice to see more plastic actually recycled.

Of course, not sure how many microplastics this process leaves behind. I have some biodegradable plastic bags for mycology sitting on a shelf because I don't want to be feeding my vermicompost microplastic.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, microplastics seem to be overlooked too often when people talk about plastic recycling "solutions". The worst one I've ever seen was a video where they cut a plastic bottle into strands and then made a broom out of them...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It's much better than making a new broom out of plastic. It also avoids carbon melting the plastic into pellets then remelting into a new mold.