That's an interesting idea. Again, it depends on where you're doing it. Obviously, it will depend on the type of energy you're using. That's always the case in carbon footprint. If you're using hydro versus oil already.... In the case where you were using oil to produce your energy, taking plastic to do it could make sense, because that's oil. Where you have greener energy, either wind, solar, or hydro, obviously you would prefer using that energy versus burning any plastics to create that energy. In that case, maybe the carbon footprint would actually be net positive even for very energy-intensive technologies for chemical recycling.
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