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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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[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Crazy that people always forget it's Reduce, Reuse, and only then recycle. Like great let's collect all the plastic from the ocean and repurpose it but if we keep dumping more into the ocean only to recycle it later we really aren't solving the core issue

[-] mint_tamas@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Also, avoiding waste entirely is the only sustainable solution. Recycled plastic items are inferior in quality and then end up in the ocean as microplastics.

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yup. The list is in that order for a reason!

[-] hobovision@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Maybe it could, but it won't.

this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2023
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