Waste to energy has a lower environmental impact than landfilling. When you put material into a landfill, you're releasing methane which is 86 times stronger than CO2 over a 20 year timeframe. For every one ton that you convert in a waste to energy facility, you have offset nominally one ton of CO2. Still, there's obviously the whole burning waste thing.
The vast majority of your plastic isn’t being recycled. It might be time to consider lighting it on fire.
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