>> green tech has come a long way in identifying effective alternatives to toxic chemicals
Enlighten us, how manufacturing 'silicone' has become less chemical intensive.
Enlighten us, how manufacturing 'silicone' has become less chemical intensive.
I don't know what the Chinese fabs do, so I have no idea if pump their waste out into the environment.
You would think that dissolved copper would have some recovery value, given the price of copper.
I am reminded of the waste from silver halide photographic processing, which at one point was just dumped into rivers (an unfortunate amount went into the Great Lakes); when the price of silver increased, suddenly it became worthwhile to recover the silver rather than let it go down the literal drain.
A good proper justification of the claim from the claimant or supporters of that argument is useful.
"silicon" is the chemical element number 14, and this name, which is used in the English-speaking countries, was coined by someone who believed that it is a good idea for it to rhyme with "carbon" (actually a bad idea in my opinion)
"silicone" is the generic name for a class of plastics, i.e. the polymers with a poly-siloxane structure. This name was coined by someone who believed that it is a good idea for it to rhyme with "acetone", because he erroneously believed that these polymers have a structure similar to ketones.
But generally those chemical engineers are pretty good at cleaning up the processes (it cheaper, also cheaper to ship manufacturing overseas…)
The Resource Conservation and Recovery act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Conservation_and_Re...
And toxic substance control acts seemed to rules of note.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_Substances_Control_Act...
GE silicones [1]https://www.epa.gov/hwcorrectiveactionsites/hazardous-waste-...