[Liskaspexia]

Thermal depolymerization is old news and we've had threads on it in the past.

[nobodyhere]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Thermal depolymerization is old news and we've had threads on it in the past. good old news

[MackBranon]

question

we make plastics from petrochemicals. At some cost in energy, labor, capital. This would imply to me, that the market value of plastics has to always be higher than the cost of the oil used to make the petrochemical feedstocks. Well actually "value of application plastics" > value of basic petrochemicals > value of oil and gas.

So it would seem to always make more sense to recycle plastic back into plastic, or at least into basic petrochemicals, than into oil, UNLESS the cost of this process is significantly less than the cost of conventional plastics to plastics recycling.

edit: it sounds like this IS the case, at least in select applications, like the insulation on copper wire example.

[GenrieAB]

so much filler for insulated jackets needed each year

[Immusaatmonna]

Patagonia turns recycled pop bottles into polyester which they use in a number of their products (e.g., baselayers, fleece).

[Opislossy]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Thermal depolymerization is old news and we've had threads on it in the past. I lost my thermal depolymerization virginity on this thread. For me, it will always be special.