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I've always liked the idea of a single plastic polymer on a seastead, or at most two that are very easy to identify from each other. (One could be very soft like rubber & the other hard ABS, for example.)

I don't see a reason to have Glass recycling since we can't print it and hard plastic would do the same job.

But I didn't know that about Aluminum! Good to hear. So that would make a seasteader's ideal recycling bin something like AHSP: Aluminum, Hard plastic, Soft plastic, Paper. Then of course all organic waste gets mulched.
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Low Information Voter 2y ago

I like this plan!

Especially the no-more-than-two plastic formulations part.

Glass can do some things plastics cannot - it can be sterilised by autoclaving without being softened/melted, and for work purposes it can contain organic solvents and mineral acids that will eat any plastic except maybe PTFE. But I agree with you, I would prefer to minimise glass and focus on re-using rather than recycling it.

With your organic waste stream, especially the solids, you could also consider sterilising that and using it to grow a cellulose-eating fungi such as Pleurotus (Oyster mushroom).

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