China's Waste Ban Is Causing A Trash Crisis In The U.S

Originally Posted by HipoGear

The big problem is plastic. Made from petroleum. Perhaps the oil industry should help fund the clean up. Of course responsible packaging practices would go a long way to help too.

What would happen if they pumped the granulated waste plastic back down into the empty oil wells?

Pressure + heat would pyrolysis it, but into what under those conditions & what happens to the Bromine from bromated fire retardant plastics.
Though the Bromine probably came from the sea water anyway.