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there is a way to get rid of all our trash guilt free (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The separation on the backend would not be easy. But I suppose it is quite similar to that. This has the benefit that it doesn't emit anything or generate any waste on at all. It literally processes everything back into its pure base elements. It is a true universal recycler. It's something that could really help make that utopian vision of a true circular economy possible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I'm not sure it would truly be waste free though if it separates everything into its base elements.

Things like wood are useful because they are made of molecules that end up as a useful material. Its base elements are much less useful.

You could use the hydrogen and oxygen but you would probably end up with a lot of extra carbon that no one on the market would need and then have to dispose of it somehow.