Plastics generate interest because they are easy to make but very difficult to degrade leading to a plastic solid waste catastrophe. Most plastics are a by-product of petroleum refining, which make their presence a guarantee as long as we use fossil fuels. Some might say that we can recycle plastics into other products like building blocks, diesel etc However, is this form of recycling- also called chemical recycling- really sustainable? The more we maintain plastics around us, the more they’ll keep circulating in the form of microplastics which pose an even greater danger. Besides, converting plastics into fuel requires copious …
