[coldcode]

I haven't been a chemist in more than 40 years, but even I know that pyrolysis of plastics makes a horrible toxic soup. There is no way to recycle many plastics in this way, the chemistry to reuse this resultant material doesn't exist. All it does is reduce the volume of material, which you then have to put somewhere. Also, the volatiles you generate have to go somewhere, and I highly doubt you want to breath them. You may as well live next to a battery recyling plant that uses coal for energy and raises pigs.

[forgetfreeman]

Fun little bit of trivia about the part of the world where this plant is located: the eastern 3rd of the state is blanketed in a thin film of aerosolized pig shit, so you're closer to the current state of play than maybe you thought.