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I would have assumed (probably incorrectly) that the 'seal' which would come in contact with the glass & liquids would be a type of silicone lid, while it could be considered a type of plastic, if its a good food grade lid, I would imagine it's a bit better ?

Ironically though silicone is much harder to recycle though.

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U don’t recycle plastic, you burn it in a furnace. Spread the word.

Burning seems to be the only good idea over long-term. But someone on HN explained that there are some toxic byproducts to burning plastic. Dioxins for one. So we need some way to capture those waste and store it along with the nuclear waste lol.

There are such capture devices and they are already in use to burn trash.

You just need a catalytic converter.

Not sure if you're serious or not, but plastic should not actually be put in the recycling bin. It almost never gets recycled, and if it does, it degrades quickly and becomes more toxic after recycling.

Plastic is garbage. If you live in a place that burns garbage for energy, that's the best fate for it.

Everytime I think I can do even something small to help, more clever people come along and ruin it!

Does remind me of a cool tech about plasma arc recycling.

https://www.explainthatstuff.com/plasma-arc-recycling.html

It can basically recycle anything into energy from what I briefly read.

The lid is often thermoplastic of some sort, sometimes with a rubber gasket and sometimes without.

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