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Vaporizing plastics recycles them into nothing but gas (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 week ago by hedge@beehaw.org to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[–] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, yeah, vaporizing anything means it turns to nothing but gas?

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Importantly, it turns it into gas which is useful for manufacturing new plastic.

[–] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

Oh! Thanks , I knew someone had the time to read it; with a headline like that I wasn’t’nna be arsed