On the other hand they are great fuel sources.
I read many years ago that the coating on cds were being eaten by bugs in the Bahamas. You were left with just the plastic disc.
No long term storage, just food for something.
Story on the environment that reduces the cd coating.
Communication breakdown: CDs aren’t forever after all
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/communication-breakdown-cds-arent-forever-after-all/article25679646/
I have a wood furnace. I burn maybe half a dozen plastic bottles a week. One at a time into a hot hardwood fire… never smell it. There are some good BTUs in there.
“Joe Rogan Confronts Expert Who Says BURN All Plastics“
https://youtu.be/nmxuNblcEVk?si=UHdaWYfvv7GLHmTw
“On the other hand they are great fuel sources.”
TRUE. With the newer incinerator technology, it is surprising this is not being implemented more vigorously:
1. Waste-to-energy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste-to-energy
2. Energy Recovery from the Combustion of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
https://www.epa.gov/smm/energy-recovery-combustion-municipal-solid-waste-msw
3. The evolution of waste-to-energy incineration: A review
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364032118302855
EXAMPLES
According to a 2019 UN Environmental Program report, there are 589 WtE plants in Europe and 82 in the United States.
Some examples of Waste incineration WtE plants:
• Essex County Resource Recovery Facility, Newark, New Jersey
• Harrisburg incinerator, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Lee County Solid Waste Resource Recovery Facility, Fort Myers, Florida, USA (1994)[35]
• Montgomery County Resource Recovery Facility in Dickerson, Maryland, USA (1995)
• Spittelau (1971), and Flötzersteig (1963), Vienna, Austria (Wien Energie)
• SYSAV waste-to-energy plant in Malmö (2003 and 2008), Sweden
• Algonquin Power, Brampton, Ontario, Canada[36]
• Stoke Incinerator, Stoke-on-Trent, UK (1989)
• Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility, Chester, United States
• Teesside EfW plant near Middlesbrough, North East England (1998)
• Edmonton Incinerator in Greater London, England (1974)
• Burnaby Waste-to-Energy Facility, Metro Vancouver, Canada (1988)
• Timarpur-Okhla Waste to Energy Plant, New Delhi, India
• East Delhi Waste Processing Company Limited, New Delhi, India
• SELCHP, South Bermondsey in Greater London, England (1994)
LIQUID FUEL PRODUCING PLANTS:
A single plant is currently under construction, i.e.
Enerkem Waste to Biofuels and Chemicals Facility, located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada based on the Enerkem-process, fueled by MSW;
1.) “Waste to Biofuels and Chemicals Facility; Turning Garbage Into Fuel”. www.edmonton.ca. City of Edmonton. Archived from the original on 2020-04-11. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
2.) “Facilities & Projects | Clean Technology Around the World”. Enerkem. Retrieved 2020-04-02.