Is Combustion of Plastics Desirable?

By Bruce Piasecki, David Rainey, Kevin Fletcher

Plastic waste may provide a reliable and clean source of energy. It may not make sense to bury it

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July-August 1998

Volume 86, Number 4
Page 364

DOI: 10.1511/1998.31.364

What should be done with the plastics in our garbage? This question mirrors in miniature the complex choices facing policymakers about what to do with solid wastes in general.

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