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[–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Have you seen the process used in plastic recycling? The plastic is literally triturated into tiny bits before being heated up for the next stages.

Edit: why the downvotes? I'm just trying to give some context on why plastic recycling is a great source of microplastics