most plastic could technically be recycled, some types are so difficult that is is just not done, but it still has the arrows and numbers to make you think it is.
Toss a few EV batteries into the pile and problem solved!
Well, it’s floodin’ down in Texas....
styrofoam-eating mealworms don’t absorb toxic additive in the foam
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Snip..."Styrofoam-Eating Mealworms Don't Absorb Toxic Additive In The Foam"
June 1, 2020 - They can be used to help with the problem of Styrofoam waste and then livestock feed. In the first study, the researchers showed that mealworms effortlessly consumed the Styrofoam and then excreted it at a ratio of approximately 50% carbon ..." More at link
Stanford study Mealworms and polystyrene
Snip..."The mealworms are able to do this due to their gut bacteria (Exiguobacterium sp. strain YT2) that actually breaks down the polystyrene. The Stanford study uses a common mealworm (the larvae of Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus) – we are using this same mealworm, but in addition to that we are also using what’s known as a “superworm” (the larvae of Zophobas morio), a type of darkling beetle, that has a lifespan of 3 to 15 years.
The superworm seems to be more aggressive, larger, more sturdy, and eats a lot more material. It also has the ability to live for up to a year in the larval stage just by keeping them all in constant contact of each other’s bodies. The other mealworm has a very short cycle."
This was never a problem when the Chinese used to recycle our plastic into electricity.
Let me guess - were they heavily subsidized?
And the free money was pocketed, just like in any green scam.