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minus-squareJohnDClaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoHmm, if we’re saying everything is done with green energy, could plastic bottles be carbon negative? Make the plastic from algie or bean feed stock so that it acts as a form of carbon capture.
minus-squarelurch (he/him)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoif it’s recycled, maybe. if it decomposes, no, because the carbon will escape again.
minus-squareJohnDClaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoPlastic takes thousands of years to decompose, so wouldn’t it act as a carbon sink until then?
Hmm, if we’re saying everything is done with green energy, could plastic bottles be carbon negative? Make the plastic from algie or bean feed stock so that it acts as a form of carbon capture.
if it’s recycled, maybe. if it decomposes, no, because the carbon will escape again.
Plastic takes thousands of years to decompose, so wouldn’t it act as a carbon sink until then?