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minus-squareHelix 🧬linkfedilink5•2 years ago‘Burns’ as in present tense, since energy production from waste incineration counts as recycling in Germany.
minus-squareMadlinkfedilink1•2 years agohow much of their recycling actually utilizes this burning? in terms of mass of plastic
minus-squareHelix 🧬linkfedilink4•edit-22 years agoThis article says the recycling quota is 70% but only 16% go to the production of new products, the rest is being exported or burned. The study they linked says that for plastics 54% are converted into energy, which is basically the same statement phrased a bit differently.
‘Burns’ as in present tense, since energy production from waste incineration counts as recycling in Germany.
how much of their recycling actually utilizes this burning? in terms of mass of plastic
This article says the recycling quota is 70% but only 16% go to the production of new products, the rest is being exported or burned. The study they linked says that for plastics 54% are converted into energy, which is basically the same statement phrased a bit differently.