What I don't understand is why burning plastic waste and using the generated heat (for example for district heating) is not discussed more often.
I think recycling offers very little benefit over simple burning of plastics due to the amount of oil still being burned everywhere compared to the amount of oil used for plastic production.
It's that easy! ( lemmy.ml ) Englisch
https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/112303357717712825 Scroll down inside that link for a slightly more extreme version (NSFW).