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It's a little more thought out than you give them credit. Imagine a pair of lawnchairs made from "ocean cleanup plastic", the idea is that people would pay a la

• jimnotgym 8y ago
  An example already in circulation are the ocean plastic shoes. I like the idea that ocean plastic goods become fashionable https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/adidas-shoes-made-from-ocean-plastic-are-finally-h/ https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/adidas-shoes-made-f...
  • simonh 8y ago
    Right, it also raises awareness of the problem and puts it in people’s faces. It’s hard to argue pollution isn’t a problem with someone wearing shoes made out of it. Clearly they’re not going to turn all the ocean plastic into flip flops, or anything necessarily, but multiple options do need to be explored. Amazing that nay sayers seem to manage to write off the whole problem with nitpicks at minor or temporary aspects of actual attempts to do something about it. Early attempts at green energy largely failed, often having carbon footprints and costs greater than conventional approaches, but without all that work we’d never tackle the problem. You have to start somewhere.
  • beauzero 8y ago
    It works for carpet. Plastic bottles are pellitized and repulled as carpet fiber that is sold as eco friendly at a premium.
• dwighttk 8y ago
  No, I get it. I'm saying that all those tchotchkes sold at a premium won't even cover the cost of recycling the plastic, much less fund the whole project.