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Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 11:21:04 UTC No. 16245428
Turns out it was recycling facilities who are the ones releasing all the microplastics into the water
https://www.sciencedirect.com/scien
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 11:36:17 UTC No. 16245441
>>16245428
>all the microplastics into the water
>all
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 11:37:50 UTC No. 16245443
>>16245428
and FFS, can't you use the internet?
Proper image uploaded
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:56:39 UTC No. 16245638
>>16245428
No, most of it is from paint and lint from synthetic fabrics
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:54:36 UTC No. 16245888
How come all of the many, many self proclaimed environmentalists on /sci/ aren't even remotely concerned about this issue?
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:11:15 UTC No. 16245909
>>16245888
>The microplastic pollution mitigation (filtration installed) was found to remove the majority of microplastics
Any comparison with what happens when plastic is not recycled?
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:16:06 UTC No. 16245919
>>16245888
>How come all of the many, many self proclaimed environmentalists on /sci/ aren't even remotely concerned about this issue?
It's obvious we're concerned, and the study just came out. The problem is not trivial; it seems everything with plastic is pandora box of problems. The best solution would be to ban it all, save for critical applications.
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:18:18 UTC No. 16245921
>>16245888
Because the solution to microplastics is to stop using plastic. It's not a complicated issue.
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:21:54 UTC No. 16245927
>>16245909
Garbage not recycled just stays in a huge dump. Basically nothing happens to these dumps, some say they might become future mining sites as they are so rich with carbon and metals, you just have to wait until the poo has decomposed into more basic chemicals, like ammonia or hydrocarbons.
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:37:30 UTC No. 16245951
>>16245428
50% of plastic in ocean is there from the fishing industry
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:49:52 UTC No. 16245975
>>16245888
Environmentalists have been talking about this for longer than anyone else you stupid faggot, this is what YOU get for not listening when you were warned over and over
Enjoy your shrunken testicles. Maybe you should've listened instead of getting caught up in your retarded direction-brained politics. We gave you plenty of time.
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:52:17 UTC No. 16245978
>>16245888
they've been pushing people to replace plastics for decades now, replacing plastic straws, plastic bags, plastic containers... you're the one who's in the way
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 18:12:58 UTC No. 16246018
>>16245888
Literally all of us are you fucking subhuman liar
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 18:31:03 UTC No. 16246034
Singapore burns it's plastic waste and makes valuable energy using the resulting heat.
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 19:14:33 UTC No. 16246092
>>16245638
Proof?
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 19:17:12 UTC No. 16246097
>>16245919
If recycling was behind the scare then we should ban environmentalism for causing the problem.
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:55:39 UTC No. 16246214
>>16245951
really, is it all nets? Why are fishing boats tossing nets?
Anonymous at Fri, 21 Jun 2024 22:08:54 UTC No. 16246321
>>16246097
>If recycling was behind the scare
Apparently it contributes to the problem, it does produce microplastics as waste. Good thing a decent solution was proposed in the article itself: filtering.
Again, it's not ideal. Ideal would be for the total elimination of plastics, unless for critical needs.
Anonymous at Sat, 22 Jun 2024 03:10:46 UTC No. 16246699
>>16246321
There's no point to recycling plastic. Most can't be recycled. The ones that can, can only be recycled once. There is no profit in it because recycled plastic is too expensive therefore all plastic recycling schemes are just Green government money sinks. You can actually get something useful out of burning it
Anonymous at Sat, 22 Jun 2024 08:02:57 UTC No. 16247081
>>16246699
>There's no point to recycling plastic.
That's off-topic: this thread isn't about the point or not of recycling plastic. It's about how the process releases microplastics and what can be done about it.
Start another thread on that topic if you wish.
Anonymous at Sat, 22 Jun 2024 11:12:03 UTC No. 16247242
>>16246097
We should ban niggers like you from being alive. People advocated for recycling because it resulted in less plastic being produced in the first place, and they advocated for replacing plastics with stuff like cardboard, especially for stuff used with food. You people are a massive net negative on the human population.
Anonymous at Sat, 22 Jun 2024 11:20:42 UTC No. 16247250
>>16245927
Or you can just incinerate the waste and generate significant energy from it at the same time that you remove the plastic from being able to pollute.
Anonymous at Sat, 22 Jun 2024 12:08:22 UTC No. 16247289
>>16247250
Ah yes, just breathe in the poison instead. Much better.
Anonymous at Sat, 22 Jun 2024 12:21:00 UTC No. 16247304
>>16245428
Shit like this vindicates my decision to throw plastic into the trash instead.
Anonymous at Sat, 22 Jun 2024 16:43:50 UTC No. 16247664
>>16246092
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamieh
https://www.greenamerica.org/your-g
Anonymous at Sat, 22 Jun 2024 16:55:16 UTC No. 16247685
>>16247081
it's literally directly connected to the topic (harm caused by recycling plastic) you sperg jannie wannabe.
Anonymous at Sat, 22 Jun 2024 16:57:06 UTC No. 16247689
>>16247289
typical greentard with no idea of how waste incineration works.
Anonymous at Sun, 23 Jun 2024 06:48:04 UTC No. 16248861
>>16245888
just fix the god damn recycling circus. it was nonsense that science told me that my MACROplastic turn magically into MICROplastic.
you fucking forgot to mention that you grind the plastic into atoms and send those molecules to water. i will always put plastic to burnable waste, in there it will cause no microplastooocs.
Anonymous at Sun, 23 Jun 2024 06:57:45 UTC No. 16248867
>>16247289
CO2 isn't a poison, it's plant food.
Anonymous at Sun, 23 Jun 2024 07:09:08 UTC No. 16248882
>>16245919
This is almost correct.
The real answer is that petrochemicals are pandora's box.
>climate change
>microplastics
>pthalates
>pesticides
>forever chemicals
>all the other shit fucking up the Earth
What we should be doing is just leaving it in the ground.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Jun 2024 02:08:08 UTC No. 16250212
>>16245443
What are plastic pellets for?
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Jun 2024 03:57:23 UTC No. 16250323
>>16248850
that like taking owls to athen
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Jun 2024 05:38:44 UTC No. 16250403
>>16245428
>microplastic bas
https://plasticsparadox.com/micropl
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Jun 2024 05:57:13 UTC No. 16250416
>>16250212
It remains you to decide. nobody really wants make anything new of them.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Jun 2024 07:18:12 UTC No. 16250464
>>16248861
Realtalk: A majority of microplastics today is from rubber tires.
Anonymous at Mon, 24 Jun 2024 23:50:45 UTC No. 16251881
>>16250464
no it isn't
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Jun 2024 01:58:45 UTC No. 16252030
>>16245888
Because environmentalists use environmentalism to infringe other peoples rights because they're controlling socialists.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Jun 2024 04:51:41 UTC No. 16252176
>>16252030
No, it's because everyone has to live on the same planet.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Jun 2024 05:16:52 UTC No. 16252196
>>16252030
they're mentally ill, they spend their time fantasizing about "this is what I'd do if I was in charge, everything would be so much better and everyone would love me, then I'd finally get the respect I know I truly deserve" AKA narcissistic power fantasies
heres a video depicting what they look like when they do it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnZ
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Jun 2024 05:27:35 UTC No. 16252213
>>16252030
Do you consider it infringement of your rights when the government says you can't go around indiscriminately killing people with an AR15? Same principle. When you use plastic/fossil fuels it will eventually, almost without exception, harm other people. So think about how the next time you buy a plastic bottle it might end up in some dudes dick a decade down the line.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Jun 2024 05:37:02 UTC No. 16252219
>>16247081
>this thread isn't about the point or not of recycling plastic. It's about how the process releases microplastics and what can be done about it.
I thought the thread was about the usual suspects like you owing us an apology for all the accusations and inane propaganda that just turned out to be false.
just in case you only know capital letters: YOU WERE WRONG. IT'S NOT OUR USING PLASTIC STRAWS AND DETACHABLE CAPS THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Jun 2024 06:20:51 UTC No. 16252244
>>16252030
If you agree that a good society has the right not to be flooded by niggers, then the planet also has the right not to be poisoned.
sage at Tue, 25 Jun 2024 06:34:29 UTC No. 16252253
>>16245428
The culprits are the companies that sell us useless crap wrapped in useless crap.
sage at Tue, 25 Jun 2024 06:35:30 UTC No. 16252257
>>16245888
we are but we know who to blame for this issue.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Jun 2024 07:07:15 UTC No. 16252288
>>16252219
>I thought the thread was about the usual suspects like you owing us an apology for all the accusations and inane propaganda that just turned out to be false.
No, it's not, sorry.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Jun 2024 07:08:29 UTC No. 16252289
>>16248882
>What we should be doing is just leaving it in the ground.
Me again.
Yes, better still, I agree. But we're going astray from the main topic.