Sustainable Plastics’ Post

Waste to energy plant carbon emissions are finally being noticed in the UK. My favorite quote: “[Carbon capture] is not a silver bullet for the entire industry,” said Cory Reynolds, director of corporate affairs at Veolia, one of the UK’s largest operators, which is exploring using the technology at one of its plants. “We need to focus on the prevention of fossil carbon emissions by removing plastics from the waste stream input.” Gosh I hope this logic prevails at #global plastictreaty. And proof that the #hongkong Waste Charging Scheme and new single use plastic bans are a step in the right direction for HK’s carbon reduction plan. Dana Winograd Break Free From Plastic #plastictreaty #plasticpackaging #recycling

Starting in the 1970s, the plastics industry had a big problem and was under fire: Plastic (made from petroleum) trash and people backlash. To take the heat off, convince the public to continue using plastics, and instead of real solutions, they decided to convince the public that plastics are recyclable. They added numbers inside triangular symbols on plastics, launched ad campaigns, and later on, blamed the public for not recycling enough even though recycling plastics was and still is costly, impractical, can be done only once (to make new plastics), and it was/is cheaper to make virgin plastics. Currently, the global oil and gas (O&G) industry is having a huge problem: CO2 and CH4 pollution causing climate change, financial and health problems, and backlash from people suffering the consequences. Denying the problem for decades (it's not real, the science is unsettled, it's not us, it's natural cycles, etc.) became untenable. Currently, the O&G industry is advertising carbon capture and storage (CCS): Collecting CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it underground. Annual CO2 emissions increased between 1940 and 2023 from approximately five (5) to thirty-eight (38) billion metric tons and is still increasing. CCS is costly and limited. The total amount of CO2 that could be captured in 2030 is less than 0.5 billion metric tons (less than 1.5% of 2023 emissions). Aren't the parallels between the responses to plastics and CO2 pollution uncanny? Is recycling solving the plastics pollution problem? The Great Pacific Garbage Patch alone, of which approximately 99.9% is plastics, is approximately 618000 square miles or 1.6 million square kilometers in area, approximately, twice the size of Texas or three times the size of France.  Would CCS solve the CO2 pollution problem? O&G power modern life and are needed for the near term; however, aren't their benefits getting increasingly outweighed by their harm to the environment, health, and financial well-being? The O&G industry announced in recent years significant plans to transition to renewables; however, it has since scaled back such plans and is continuing with or expanding into O&G. A full-steam transition to renewables is needed. Renewable energy cost is currently competitive and is decreasing. O&G are energy of the past, not the future. The status quo is not an option. How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled https://lnkd.in/gQ8pUYwe Annual carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions worldwide from 1940 to 2023 https://lnkd.in/giYvig6z Tracking Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage https://lnkd.in/gg_vqEuQ Ocean Cleanup The Great Pacific Garbage Patch https://lnkd.in/gUFDsDma

#Plastic #pollution & #climatechange have common culprits – and similar solution. #Fossilfuels & #petrochemicals have a long history: the first synthetic chemicals were derived from #coal. In the future, global demand for oil & gas will fall as more buildings & vehicles run on #renewable #electricity – but #emissions will remain high if fossil fuel firms are allowed to continue ploughing money into making plastics instead.

Replacing plastics with alternatives is worse for greenhouse gas emissions in most cases, study finds https://lnkd.in/dhzCZs_H Substituting plastics with alternative materials is likely to result in increased GHG emissions #green #house #gas #emissions #plastic

Waste to Energy is NOT sustainable ❌ WtE is touted as ‘green’ but… It emits the same GHG emissions as coal. Only 4 out of 58 incinerators in the UK capture their emissions. It is now the UK’s dirtiest form of energy. Production and consumption of plastic is increasing and we are managing it by burning it, which is a disaster for our climate. It’s not clean. It’s not circular. It’s not a ‘solution’. Like the successful landfill tax, we need an incinerator tax to: 🙅♀️disincentivise sending waste to incineration AND ♻️incentivise using plastic that can actually be recycled (ideally in a closed loop). 🙌 Repost if you agree.

For Global Recycling Day, let's celebrate innovative sustainability! At Didak Injection, we're not just marking the day; we're living the essence of recycling and renewable energy every day. Our journey is a testament to our belief in a circular economy where plastic can indeed be environmentally friendly. By focusing on the recyclability and reuse of our plastic crates, we're reducing the dependency on single-use packaging materials and making a significant contribution to sustainability. But we don't stop there. We've embraced a 100% CO2 neutral approach, powering our production with 100% green energy. Thanks to our investments over the past years, our production processes are among the most energy-efficient in the plastic injection moulding industry. Our commitment to renewable energy is exemplified by our Albertstroom Biomass Power Plant, providing all the energy we need through sustainable means. Moreover, our emphasis on using recycled plastics and our own installations for grinding existing plastics into usable materials underscore our dedication to reducing our ecological footprint. With our machines and moulds designed for maximum use of recycled plastics, we achieve minimal material waste. Our total production runs on green energy, supported by 2,500 m² of solar panels and our unique biomass plant. This places Didak Injection at the forefront of the plastics sector in terms of sustainable production. This Global Recycling Day, let's spread the word about the importance of sustainability and recycling. Join us in making small changes that have a big impact. Together, we can make a difference for our planet. #GlobalRecyclingDay #Sustainability #DidakInjection #CircularEconomy #RenewableEnergy

We have the largest and most efficient technology to convert plastic waste into eco-fuels Together we can do much more for the environment, we can transform plastic waste into eco-fuels to generate clean energy at a lower cost than Solar, 50% reduction in polluting agents compared to Petrobrás' S10 and S500, each module has a capacity of 500 L/H , at a cost of USD 0,35 per liter/Ecodiesel. Every Municipality/City could have a unit with low investment costs, high energy efficiency from RSU and RSI. The advantage of our project is its compact and modular units, which can be installed inside a recycling ship, landfills and recyclers. Benefits: -Decarbonize; -Carbon Credit; -Certify RSI final destination; -Royalties on eco-fuel production; -Generation of eco-fuels for the production of electrical energy; -Unique and patented design; -Extend the useful life of landfills. -The entire process and management will be under the control of EDB. https://lnkd.in/dEXJQvXc Note: I am looking for investors. Att Everton +55 48 988315931

https://lnkd.in/ec2mxfAh When been ‘green’ suddenly doesn’t look so clean. Whilst this is not new news, https://lnkd.in/eeZ8WszT reported on this issue in 2023, perhaps it is time the public found out more about the true impacts some ‘low carbon’ technology can impose on local communities and the environment. As the government ‘considers the future role of incineration’, alternative technologies to deal with non recyclable or potentially toxic wastes could come to the fore, such as gasification for the sustainable thermal treatment of such feedstocks. Incineration offers a cheap and cheerful solution to waste disposal no doubt and flue gas treatments have come on a long way in the past decades, but will this process really meet the needs of tomorrows world? If carbon capture is factored into an EfW plant the operation becomes highly inefficient and costly to be truly carbon neutral. In turn, as councils look to cut costs could food waste collections be cut and diverted into non segregated refuse flows to ‘balance the carbon equation’ in favour of existing EfW installations to the detriment of anaerobic digestion plants which not only undermines the energy produced from this pathway, but also the nutrient value of the feedstock for further food production. The future framework for carbon trading in the UK should reflect the true carbon costs of such projects and encourage a move towards technology which can also deal with issues such as particulate pollution, NOx emissions, volatile compound degregation and improve the overall energy efficiency of carbon recovery and utilisation. In the short term, I imagine the public perception of energy from waste incinerators will become worse, I can only hope it is not at the cost of all thermal treatment technologies simply being branded as incineration in the public eye and alternative technology projects being hindered in planning and deployment as a result

In 20 years time we will be reading similar articles about Lithium battery waste. We don't need new innovations to recycle plastic. Pyrolysis has been known about for over 80 years. It reduces plastic back to useable fuel. So why do we this problem? Cost that's why. Pyrolysis requires heat which = cost. The argument is that the energy in is more than the energy out. That is too simplistic and argument because what it doesn't take into account is: 1. The cost of nor doing it which we now see across the planet 2. By using pyrolysis we solve two problems at once. We deal with the pollution AND we reduce the amount of virgin oil that needs to be pumped and refined. But these same people that preach to you about climate change and are telling you to drive EV's, install heat pumps and eat bugs are not doing these things themselves AND have shares in the big oil companies and the green agenda. So basically in reality the Earth can get ....ed even though a perfectly good solution exists.

We have the largest and most efficient technology to convert plastic waste into eco-fuels Together we can do much more for the environment, we can transform plastic waste into eco-fuels to generate clean energy at a lower cost than Solar, 50% reduction in polluting agents compared to Petrobrás' S10 and S500, each module has a capacity of 500 L/H , at a cost of USD 0,35 per liter/Ecodiesel. Every Municipality/City could have a unit with low investment costs, high energy efficiency from RSU and RSI. The advantage of our project is its compact and modular units, which can be installed inside a recycling ship, landfills and recyclers. Benefits: -Decarbonize; -Carbon Credit; -Certify RSI final destination; -Royalties on eco-fuel production; -Generation of eco-fuels for the production of electrical energy; -Unique and patented design; -Extend the useful life of landfills. -The entire process and management will be under the control of EDB. https://lnkd.in/dEXJQvXc Note: I am looking for investors. Att Everton +55 48 988315931