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Sir David Attenborough Backs New Tech That Can Recycle All Plastics (www.forbes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

This new process does sound promising. But I still think other solutions are needed. as:

There is no incentive for individuals to recycle and many still don't.
There are other matierials that this process will not work with.

I guess 1. can might eventually be solved by AI sorting everything that is thrown away.

The best solution I can think of is to outlaw single use plastics. Have every product in a re-useable container that you get a small re-imbursement for returning. This solves 1. and 2. and is allready possible with some products in some shops. Examples:

Even though some effort has been made and some shops exist that offer this, I don't think it will be popular until there is regulation to ban single use plsatics.