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I though we didn't Incinerated plastic because of health reasons(toxic chemicals releases) and we burn more plastic than recycled.

Recycling: 19.5% Burning: 25.5% Discard: 50%

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Modern incinerators release little more than carbon dioxide, because they burn at temperatures so high that the fuel undergoes nearly complete pyrolysis. Some even use plasma torches to gasify the fuel without "burning" it, then use the gas to run generators.

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