A lot of the products we have are the results of industry looking to turn the waste products from something they are already manufacturing into new, saleable products. Google AI says: “The repurposing of chemical and industrial byproducts into new products is a key part of the circular economy. Products created from chemical waste include petroleum jelly from oil refining, plastics from municipal garbage, and fertilizers and fuels from industrial byproducts… Dioxins were created as unwanted byproducts or contaminants during the manufacturing of other industrial products.”
Euphemism of the day: Making useless or harmful things saleable is called upcycling.
Defense.gov News Photo 110426-A-7597S-183: U.S. Special Operations service members with Special Operations Task Force South board two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters following a clearing operation in Panjwa'i district in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 25, 2011. Source: Wikimedia.
Great history on this one. I knew it was bad but was unaware of the dioxin connection.
A lot of the products we have are the results of industry looking to turn the waste products from something they are already manufacturing into new, saleable products. Google AI says: “The repurposing of chemical and industrial byproducts into new products is a key part of the circular economy. Products created from chemical waste include petroleum jelly from oil refining, plastics from municipal garbage, and fertilizers and fuels from industrial byproducts… Dioxins were created as unwanted byproducts or contaminants during the manufacturing of other industrial products.”
Euphemism of the day: Making useless or harmful things saleable is called upcycling.