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[–] [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.