The recent twists of the fracking 'debate', raises in my mind the question "why, in the UK, we appear so resistant to incinerating rubbish in state of the art establishments (like the one in Rotterdam harbour above) to generate electricity?" Masses upon masses of 'free' plastic packaging is collected by councils from outside people's homes every week in this country- some of it to be exported before, in some cases, returning to our shores. If we must burn hydrocarbons to keep the lights on (and I am not especially enthusiastic about doing so) why not use this material with carbon capture and other cleaning processes to reduce its negative effects?
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