{"id":17442,"date":"2020-11-05T11:45:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T16:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/why-so-called-chemical-recycling-is-not-a-solution-to-our-plastic-problem\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T18:27:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:27:02","slug":"why-so-called-chemical-recycling-is-not-a-solution-to-our-plastic-problem","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/why-so-called-chemical-recycling-is-not-a-solution-to-our-plastic-problem","title":{"rendered":"Por qu\u00e9 el llamado reciclaje qu\u00edmico no es una soluci\u00f3n a nuestro problema con el pl\u00e1stico"},"template":"","class_list":["post-17442","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-incineration","topics-recycling","authors-neil-seldman"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":2526,"background_color":"","article_type":[134],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":[87,112],"impact_areas":false,"abstract":"

New fact sheet and article make clear that “chemical recycling” is not, actually, recycling, and is not the solution to our global plastic problem.… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","authors_tax":[605]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

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Una publicaci\u00f3n reciente de la Alianza Global contra la Incineraci\u00f3n (GAIA) ofrece una evaluaci\u00f3n clara de un proceso profundamente defectuoso para el manejo de los residuos pl\u00e1sticos que se denomina \u2018reciclaje qu\u00edmico\u2019. El hoja informativa de cuatro p\u00e1ginas e infograf\u00eda,<\/a> \u201cPreguntas y respuestas: reciclaje qu\u00edmico\u201d explica c\u00f3mo la industria est\u00e1 mezclando el \u201creciclaje qu\u00edmico\u201d y la \u201ctransformaci\u00f3n de pl\u00e1stico en combustible\u201d, y c\u00f3mo ninguno de los dos es la soluci\u00f3n a nuestro problema con el pl\u00e1stico. La hoja informativa deja claros los numerosos problemas que conlleva quemar pl\u00e1stico y luego intentar llamarlo \u201creciclaje\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n

GAIA descubri\u00f3 que, durante el proceso de reciclaje qu\u00edmico, aproximadamente 501 TP3T del contenido de carbono de los residuos pl\u00e1sticos se pierde en forma de gases de efecto invernadero, en lugar de conservarse en el producto pl\u00e1stico final. Adem\u00e1s, la mayor\u00eda de los procesos de reciclaje qu\u00edmico consumen mucha energ\u00eda, ya que requieren altas temperaturas y presiones para descomponer los pl\u00e1sticos.<\/p>\n

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La industria utiliza el t\u00e9rmino \u2018reciclaje qu\u00edmico\u2019 para difuminar deliberadamente la distinci\u00f3n entre reciclaje (repoliimerizaci\u00f3n de pl\u00e1stico a pl\u00e1stico) e incineraci\u00f3n (pl\u00e1stico a combustible). Convertir el pl\u00e1stico en combustible para quemarlo no contribuye en nada a resolver las numerosas formas de contaminaci\u00f3n que genera la producci\u00f3n de cantidades cada vez mayores de pl\u00e1stico. La Directiva marco sobre residuos de la Uni\u00f3n Europea deja muy claro que la producci\u00f3n de combustibles a partir de residuos no puede etiquetarse ni contabilizarse como \u2018reciclaje\u2019.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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En otras palabras, \u00a1definitivamente NO es reciclar cuando se trata el pl\u00e1stico para quemarlo!<\/p>\n

El Huffington Post tambi\u00e9n se pronunci\u00f3 recientemente con un art\u00edculo sobre los problemas del reciclaje qu\u00edmico. Titulado \u201cPor qu\u00e9 \u2018la planta de reciclaje m\u00e1s grande del mundo\u2019 no resolver\u00e1 la crisis del pl\u00e1stico.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0El art\u00edculo se\u00f1ala que \u201cel reciclaje qu\u00edmico se ha aclamado durante d\u00e9cadas como la soluci\u00f3n definitiva para los residuos pl\u00e1sticos, pero a\u00fan no ha estado a la altura de las expectativas\u201d.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

El art\u00edculo de The Huffington Post afirma que \u201cla incineraci\u00f3n del pl\u00e1stico no resolver\u00e1 el problema del pl\u00e1stico. M\u00e1s bien, el problema requiere una serie de soluciones, como eliminar los empaques innecesarios, pasar a sistemas de devoluci\u00f3n y reutilizaci\u00f3n, sustituir el pl\u00e1stico virgen por pl\u00e1stico reciclado o cambiar a otros materiales como el papel, recoger y eliminar adecuadamente los residuos pl\u00e1sticos y reciclar\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n

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En lugar del reciclaje qu\u00edmico, el art\u00edculo se\u00f1ala que el reciclaje mec\u00e1nico es una alternativa mucho mejor.<\/p>\n

Por otro lado, el reciclaje mec\u00e1nico regular de botellas y envases, especialmente los fabricados con PET o con el pl\u00e1stico HDPE que se encuentra en los envases de detergente para ropa y botellas de champ\u00fa, ya est\u00e1 bien establecido, incluso para la fabricaci\u00f3n de envases aptos para uso alimentario. Si se ampl\u00eda con \u00e9xito durante las pr\u00f3ximas dos d\u00e9cadas, los investigadores de Pew descubrieron que el reciclaje mec\u00e1nico podr\u00eda ayudar a evitar que hasta un tercio de los pl\u00e1sticos producidos contaminen el medio ambiente.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Cr\u00e9dito de la foto: lmgorthand v\u00eda iStock<\/a><\/p>\n

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