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minus-squaredroans@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoFor thermoplastics, you just need to heat it up again to make whatever you want. You’re not using any more energy than used when the plastic was first made. Thermoset plastics can’t be melt down so they’re instead broken down into smaller pieces.
minus-squaregandalf_der_13te@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoyeah the problem is that in practice, garbage is never just one type of thermoplast. it’s a mixture and sorting that is not economical.
For thermoplastics, you just need to heat it up again to make whatever you want. You’re not using any more energy than used when the plastic was first made.
Thermoset plastics can’t be melt down so they’re instead broken down into smaller pieces.
yeah the problem is that in practice, garbage is never just one type of thermoplast. it’s a mixture and sorting that is not economical.