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>I do wonder about microplastics flaking off of them especially under strong light/UV of equatorial Sun. While the story looks great at first, i wonder whether
by trhway 6y ago
>I do wonder about microplastics flaking off of them
especially under strong light/UV of equatorial Sun. While the story looks great at first, i wonder whether it can succeed under more strong environmental review.
- dylan604 6y agoThe article says the factory has been running since 2017. That's going on 4 years of stuff from the factory being in the sun. I have seen plastic items last less than one Texas summer in the sun. Either they've done a brilliant PR campaign to keep the "sun kills this product" stories, or it is less of an issue than HN wants it to be.
- bluGill 6y agoThere are UV inhibitors that are added to plastic. They give you more time in the sun, though eventually you are done.
- LegitShady 6y agoOr nobody really cares about these bricks except for puffy PR pieces and questions about material lifespan aren't really interesting to the reporter printing about bricks stronger than concrete.