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>Maybe major brands should research & launch clothes with "eco-friendly cloth-fiber" that disintegrates / can be recycled / etc? Such as cotton?

rightbyte 5y ago
Or wool. Maybe plastics should just be banned for any cloths but like shoes, jackets and cover pants. That would solve much of the long term waste problem.
- sokoloff 5y ago
  Plastic buttons are pretty damn useful.
  - rightbyte 5y ago
    Buttons can be made in metal (for snapping) or wood (for "sloting"). Zippers can be made in metal (as good and expensive ones are). Like elastic cloths of any kind are where a plastics ban would hurt. Velcro ... For most normal cloths I believe there would be no problems.
  - jsymolon 5y ago
    Might even include zippers into that also. Basically: reduce reuse recycle The point being materials science gave us a lot of materials that are better performing for a lot of use cases. Consider the amount of single use plastic in the medical field.
    - micromacrofoot 5y ago
      if there’s anywhere that single use plastic makes sense it’s the medical field… everywhere else? not so much
  - geoduck14 5y ago
    >Plastic buttons are pretty damn useful You are right, but I HATE buttons. I. HATE. Them. If there is one invention that need to be "disripted" it is the button. It is slow to button or unbutton something. If I'm tires and my fingers are wobbly, it suks. I can't button things in the dark. They break. Uuufff My hatred for buttons came about when I had my first borne daughter. There are a lot of infant clothes with buttons. The lights are dim. The baby is wiggly. I'm exhausted. And these >< buttons won't close! Velcro is better. Zippers aren't too bad. Magnets are fancy. I bet if we put our heads together, we could do better than the button Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk
    - micromacrofoot 5y ago
      velcro is so obnoxious though and magnets can be dangerous (if we’re still talking about children clothes)

rightbyte 5y ago

Or wool. Maybe plastics should just be banned for any cloths but like shoes, jackets and cover pants. That would solve much of the long term waste problem.

sokoloff 5y ago
Plastic buttons are pretty damn useful.
- rightbyte 5y ago
  Buttons can be made in metal (for snapping) or wood (for "sloting"). Zippers can be made in metal (as good and expensive ones are). Like elastic cloths of any kind are where a plastics ban would hurt. Velcro ... For most normal cloths I believe there would be no problems.
- jsymolon 5y ago
  Might even include zippers into that also. Basically: reduce reuse recycle The point being materials science gave us a lot of materials that are better performing for a lot of use cases. Consider the amount of single use plastic in the medical field.
  - micromacrofoot 5y ago
    if there’s anywhere that single use plastic makes sense it’s the medical field… everywhere else? not so much
- geoduck14 5y ago
  >Plastic buttons are pretty damn useful You are right, but I HATE buttons. I. HATE. Them. If there is one invention that need to be "disripted" it is the button. It is slow to button or unbutton something. If I'm tires and my fingers are wobbly, it suks. I can't button things in the dark. They break. Uuufff My hatred for buttons came about when I had my first borne daughter. There are a lot of infant clothes with buttons. The lights are dim. The baby is wiggly. I'm exhausted. And these >< buttons won't close! Velcro is better. Zippers aren't too bad. Magnets are fancy. I bet if we put our heads together, we could do better than the button Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk
  - micromacrofoot 5y ago
    velcro is so obnoxious though and magnets can be dangerous (if we’re still talking about children clothes)