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lazide
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Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest d...
Seems like 8-12% is turned into plastics. Though it’s usually natural gas that is used, not oil directly. Natural gas is also used to produce fertilizer and explosives in large quantities.
sanderjd
on Sept 10, 2023
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But I think fertilizer and explosives are also not recyclable.
lazide
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That depends on your definition I guess. They both do add a lot of nitrogen (and some carbon) to the atmosphere when ‘used’.
sanderjd
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I'm struggling to figure out what definition of "recyclable" fits what you said. What definition are you thinking of?
lazide
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I’m guessing I misread what you wrote and got the sense backwards.
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