Hacker News with Generative AI: Plastics

Exxon Mobil's 'Advanced' Technique for Recycling Plastic? Burning It (yahoo.com)
Today's news
Vaporizing plastics recycles them into nothing but gas (arstechnica.com)
Our planet is choking on plastics. Some of the worst offenders, which can take decades to degrade in landfills, are polypropylene—which is used for things such as food packaging and bumpers—and polyethylene, found in plastic bags, bottles, toys, and even mulch.
Evaluating strategies to increase PET bottle recycling in the United States (techxplore.com)
The Delusion of Advanced Plastic Recycling (propublica.org)
A global plastic treaty will only work if it caps production, modeling shows (phys.org)