Comment on Debunking The "Dirty" Solar Panels And Battery Myth

Tremble@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• pozbo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  has grease on it and can no longer be recycled

  You’re thinking of cardboard. They melt Al scraps down at like 1300°c and any organics burn off or are removed as slag.

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  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Like the OP, my county changed it’s rule and said do not put aluminum foil in recycling if it has any food residue on it.

    Check your county recycling. You might be surprised what has changed.

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• PhreakyByNature@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Apparently just don’t cover it in foil

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  • Tremble@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t do it but it does make it a little bit crispier without drying it out

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    • Tremble@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ok fine, I roast the chicken on 350 for 45 minutes then 425 for 45 minutes then if I am feeling fancy put tin foil on the roasting pot and cover for 15 minutes, but usually I skip the tin foil and throw in already cooked potatoes carrots garlic onions etc

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• Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Only if the grease is super baked on, I don’t know how you roast your chickens but when I do the foil is fine to recycle

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  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Check your county recycling for updates. My county recently changed to don’t recycle aluminum foil if it touched food.

    Doesn’t make sense to me but that’s their new rule.

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• crsu@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Use a baster like a master

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  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Alton Brown debunked basting decades ago.

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• mindlight@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Of course it’s possible recycle aluminum covered in grease. It has to be cleaned before recycling though. Incineration is often used for getting rid of the plastic layer in soda cans and it’s possible to use the same method for fat too.

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