[curio_Pol_curio]

Thermal recycling is a classic Japanese euphemism for burning plastics. Yes, for energy, but it's still misleading

https://www.mitsui.com/solution/en/contents/solutions/circul...

>it produces CO2 and toxic substances when it is burned.

[dcrazy]

Yes, the bin for general waste is even labeled “burnables,” and in my experience that is where non-rigid plastic films go.

(Films are very difficult to sort automatically; we landfill them here in SF.)