Comments on: Why Don’t We Just Burn the Plastic? http://plasticless.com/2009/07/29/why-dont-we-just-burn-the-plastic/ Tips and strategies to help the environment by cutting back on plastic in our everyday lives. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:05:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: asrais http://plasticless.com/2009/07/29/why-dont-we-just-burn-the-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-1476 asrais Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:28:04 +0000 http://plasticless.com/?p=365#comment-1476 My city is supposed to be building a gasification plant. http://www.plascoenergygroup.com/ They say that the dioxins usually created are negliable due to the high temperature of the burning, but I worry. Burning is only the answer if we don't want to stop consuming rapidly. Which obviously people do not want to stop. My city is supposed to be building a gasification plant. http://www.plascoenergygroup.com/
They say that the dioxins usually created are negliable due to the high temperature of the burning, but I worry.
Burning is only the answer if we don’t want to stop consuming rapidly. Which obviously people do not want to stop.

]]> By: Teresa http://plasticless.com/2009/07/29/why-dont-we-just-burn-the-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-1475 Teresa Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:04:04 +0000 http://plasticless.com/?p=365#comment-1475 Interesting topic. This report prepared by the Recycling Council of British Columbia is lengthy but very comprehensive and offers further insight on the whole "Waste to Energy" (WTE) idea, including the burning of plastic. http://www.rcbc.bc.ca/files/u3/policypaper_101024_wteoption.pdf Page 19 in particular discusses, for me, the biggest reason why burning waste of any sort is not a viable long-term solution: It requires a steady stream of trash, which is completely contradictory to the whole Zero Waste principle the WTE industry suggests it's trying to achieve. Page 6 discusses air contaminants and emissions and how the WTE company being studied offers misleading information about emission levels. It's tough, there needs to be some solution for dealing with the amount of waste already present, but as a short term solution only, not something that promotes and perpetuates the same behaviour that got us here in the first place. Interesting topic.

This report prepared by the Recycling Council of British Columbia is lengthy but very comprehensive and offers further insight on the whole “Waste to Energy” (WTE) idea, including the burning of plastic.

http://www.rcbc.bc.ca/files/u3/policypaper_101024_wteoption.pdf

Page 19 in particular discusses, for me, the biggest reason why burning waste of any sort is not a viable long-term solution: It requires a steady stream of trash, which is completely contradictory to the whole Zero Waste principle the WTE industry suggests it’s trying to achieve.

Page 6 discusses air contaminants and emissions and how the WTE company being studied offers misleading information about emission levels.

It’s tough, there needs to be some solution for dealing with the amount of waste already present, but as a short term solution only, not something that promotes and perpetuates the same behaviour that got us here in the first place.

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