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minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·8 months agoNot sure what you mean by dissolving. As far as so know aluminum gets melted down. Any plastic, inks, or other impurities get burned off generally.
minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoLike this https://youtu.be/7r7_SFdSdE4?si=r1Ihz73gdn9qx0Ek
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·8 months agoYah, that’s not how they are recycled. That gets burned off by the temps required to melt the aluminum.
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoIt’s not. It’s a thin plastic film. One that doesn’t get into the environment at nearly the rate, since the aluminum is actually worth recycling.
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minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·8 months agoI think you may have an unworkable concept of what “solving” the plastic problem means, when you can’t tell the difference between a film and a bottle. Both of which have largely phased out BPA already.
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minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoI, nor the poster you replied to, never mentioned recycling. Your starting to put things into the discussion that was never there.
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoIt does seem that way. I guess I’m not sure what problem you’re talking about.
Not sure what you mean by dissolving. As far as so know aluminum gets melted down. Any plastic, inks, or other impurities get burned off generally.
Like this https://youtu.be/7r7_SFdSdE4?si=r1Ihz73gdn9qx0Ek
Yah, that’s not how they are recycled. That gets burned off by the temps required to melt the aluminum.
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It’s not. It’s a thin plastic film. One that doesn’t get into the environment at nearly the rate, since the aluminum is actually worth recycling.
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I think you may have an unworkable concept of what “solving” the plastic problem means, when you can’t tell the difference between a film and a bottle. Both of which have largely phased out BPA already.
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I, nor the poster you replied to, never mentioned recycling. Your starting to put things into the discussion that was never there.
It does seem that way.
I guess I’m not sure what problem you’re talking about.