Don't just toss that TV

Ralph Shumaker rafazap at cwnet.com
Thu Sep 21 11:31:40 PDT 2006


Tracy R Reed wrote:
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> Ralph Shumaker wrote:
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>>This sounds like a fancy name for "burning".
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> No, it is very different. It actually produces crude oil which can then
> be recycled back into plastics or refined for gasoline.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_depolymerization
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> http://www.thermaldepolymerization.org/

I guess I shoulda put a smiley.  Although I did not know what this term 
meant, it brought to mind "burning".  And I'm not sure that burning 
won't result in some form of thermal depolymerization.  I don't think 
ash (nor creosote) is considered a polymer.   :)   Am I wrong?



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