Xicadarksoul t1_j96gdmn wrote on February 19, 2023 at 4:51 PM Reply to comment by My_Body_The_Mystery in Scientists create carbon nanotubes out of plastic waste using an energy-efficient, low-cost, low-emissions process. Compared to commercial methods for carbon nanotube production that are being used right now, ours uses about 90% less energy and generates 90%-94% less carbon dioxide by Wagamaga >Also plastics should be easily categorized. They in fact are. You can use cheap-ish near infrared spectography to tell em apart. https://www.oceaninsight.com/blog/spectroscopy-for-plastics-recycling/ ​ Really the issue is how ridiclously cheap it is to "mine" the base mineral (oil), making it utterly uneconomical to recycle even when its technologically feasible. Permalink Parent 39
Xicadarksoul t1_j96gdmn wrote
Reply to comment by My_Body_The_Mystery in Scientists create carbon nanotubes out of plastic waste using an energy-efficient, low-cost, low-emissions process. Compared to commercial methods for carbon nanotube production that are being used right now, ours uses about 90% less energy and generates 90%-94% less carbon dioxide by Wagamaga
>Also plastics should be easily categorized.
They in fact are.
You can use cheap-ish near infrared spectography to tell em apart. https://www.oceaninsight.com/blog/spectroscopy-for-plastics-recycling/
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Really the issue is how ridiclously cheap it is to "mine" the base mineral (oil), making it utterly uneconomical to recycle even when its technologically feasible.