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Clay and other concrete based bricks must be cheap enough already, and work well. If we intend to reuse plastic in bricks, maybe use those bricks for building
by balaji1 4y ago
Clay and other concrete based bricks must be cheap enough already, and work well.
If we intend to reuse plastic in bricks, maybe use those bricks for building things in and around landfills or things like storing nuclear waste - so that toxicity is concentrated. Otherwise, plastic bricks seem like one of those things that will be discovered to be toxic eventually.
- leksak 4y agoThe world is allegedly running out of sand appropriate for use in concrete products. 99% Invisible (podcast) has a episode on the topic I suggest checking out https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/built-on-sand/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/built-on-sand/ Not saying that I want plastic in construction materials or roads though: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/19/environmental-toxins-are-worsening-obesity-pandemic-say-scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/19/environm...
- manmal 4y agoThe bricks in the story are made of sand, too.