EmperorGeek t1_ire8dwb wrote on October 7, 2022 at 12:00 PM

Reply to comment by SeeMarkFly in Widely used sewer pipe repair technology creates and emits nanoplastics into the air by ajwhelton

Saw a technique where they add something like a flocking agent to the water to cause clumping of micro plastics into manageable blobs. Don’t remember if the article discussed the super-fine particles.

SeeMarkFly t1_iretf8c wrote on October 7, 2022 at 3:02 PM

I've seen that used in filtering deep-fat fryers. A binding agent is added to the oil that clumps the small particles together. A larger mesh filter can then be used to get most of the small particle contamination.

And because the process we are talking about is NOT continuous but a short process, that would be a good solution.

Would you like some fries with that?

EmperorGeek t1_irf31ld wrote on October 7, 2022 at 4:14 PM

Mmmm … Mom says I ate enough plastic fries as a kid!