Narendra R

[Boyan Slat @BoyanSlat]

Is Recycling a Scam? Yes and No.

Recycling is usually the best thing you can do with plastic waste. Every ton of plastic you recycle is a ton of new plastic you don’t have to produce from oil.

The problem is: it hardly happens.

Why? Because the economics don’t work.

Plastic is so cheap to manufacture that it’s often cheaper to make new plastic than to collect, sort, clean, and recycle existing plastic.

There are two kinds of plastic recycling: mechanical and chemical.

Mechanical recycling essentially involves remelting plastic. However, plastic degrades over time, and contaminants build up, meaning you can only recycle it a limited number of times. Even this relatively simple method is bad business—it’s only marginally profitable when oil prices are high.

Chemical recycling, on the other hand, uses solvents to break the plastic down to its building blocks, removing contaminants and circumventing degradation problems. This allows the plastic to be recycled infinitely without any loss in quality. However, it is far more expensive than mechanical recycling, so once again, the economics don’t add up.

This is why today only 9-13% of plastic is recycled. Unsurprisingly, most of this is PET—a more valuable type of plastic.

This stands in stark contrast to many metals. Mining and refining metals require a lot of energy, which acts as a ‘natural tax’ on producing new metals. This makes recycling metals financially viable, which is why it happens much more frequently.

Unless the fundamental economics change, plastic recycling rates will remain low in the future.

[Narendra R @naren]

@dmuthuk Its 710k not 170k as you have mentioned..

[Josh Constine 📶🔥 @JoshConstine]

“Craft is knowing how to start, art is knowing when to stop”. Did not have Ben Affleck’s astute commentary about AI on my bingo card.

[Narendra R @naren]

@kempton_timothy Get your thyroid checked. You might be a hypothyroid.

[Narendra R @naren]

@manoj_216 @IndianTechGuide Too much anger among citizens because of un-affordability in housing and students working 40 hrs while in school taking away jobs from youngsters..

[Megh Updates 🚨™ @MeghUpdates]

An Indian pastor who claimed he had the powers that no other had in this world, and asked God to strike him if it wasn't true.

And this happened after that...

[Narendra R @naren]

@manoj_216 Both the parties are competing on who can ruin the country faster…

[Jhvays @jhvays]

Made $7k in 1 day and it just landed in my bank account

I’m 16 years old taking high school finals this week while u’re making excuses on why u can’t start cuz u too busy

Step tf up

I’ll be sending the website and ads that I used to those who retweet and comment “7”

[Narendra R @naren]

Eating less food because of Ozempic makes your Gut Flora healthy and as a result improves your Endocrine System and creates a healthier hormone cycle….

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

A surprising thing is happening to some women on weight-loss drugs like Ozempic who’ve struggled with fertility issues: They’re getting pregnant, per Bloomberg.

[Narendra R @naren]

@amasad Thats very depressing and really cute at the same time...

[Narendra R @naren]

@jeffiel Here you go...

[Narendra R @naren]

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[Narendra R @naren]

The deadly deal Mark Zuckerberg made with Donald Trump before the 2020 election that subverted democracy:

Zuckerberg made a deal with Trump to force divestment/sale of TikTok into the hands of an American company. In return...

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[Narendra R @naren]

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