submitted 2 weeks ago by Droggelbecher@lemmy.world to c/green@lemmy.ml

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I'm aware that I, the consumer, won't change the world and that we need structural change.

Still, I've been wondering. I've come to learn that plastic recycling is largely a myth/scam, but what about glass and metal recycling? Also, what happens to the plastic coating on metal during recycling?

TIA

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[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 weeks ago

Glass, steel and aluminum recycle nicely. Copper can't be separated from steel when it's molten down together so avoid mixing these. Plastic coatings just burn down in furnace

[-] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

So the coating is just being allowed to pollute the air? Or can it be filtered?

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

Temperatures are pretty high so you can assume that combustion is complete, and ash will remain in slag or filtered out, because exhaust has to be filtered in any serious facility periodically raided by EPA or local equivalent

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