RE: Innovate UK21 Jun 2019 13:32
Piltick, having spoken to many green activists I have come to conclusions that recycling is like a religion to them. They are completely unaware that recycling produces co2 or at least a lot of them. They think that the world has a finite amount of resources and that you can simply frictionlessly without energy recycle matter without any impact on the ecosystem. It has to be made clear that all recycling has a cost and impact especially certain rubbers and plastic.
Another point may be that there is 200 million tonnes of plastic already dumped in landfill that could be rescued before it leaches into the environment.