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Falsely promoting plastics to fuel as environmental solution
America's Plastic Makers: Social Media Post: Twitter
Answering the growing demand for plastic recycling, @Siemens and @plasticenergy are partnering to help keep used plastic from going to landfills and the environment using Plastic Energy’s patented recycling technology.https://t.co/VILPk6wA5L pic.twitter.com/i2Py25Ryvs
— America's Plastic Makers (@plasticmakers) August 26, 2022
This activity began on August 29, 2022 and is currently active.
originating entities: America's Plastic Makers
activity type: Social Media Post
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America's Plastic Makers, a public relations front of the American Chemical Society, is misleadingly promoting pyrolysis as a solution to the plastics-in-the-landfill problem.
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According to The Last Beach Cleanup "History shows that the primary “advanced recycling” process called “pyrolysis” actually incinerates plastic waste to fuel itself and recycles only a small portion of the plastic waste. In effect, much of the plastic waste is burned. "
The claims being made in this tweet are misleading as to the impact ("answering the demand for plastic recycling", "help keep used plastics from going into landfills") of this technology which uses high-energy input technology to chemically convert plastic waste to oil.