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This more pessimistic then the reality. For example a woman in Africa figured out how to compress recycled plastic into bricks suitable for build houses. There
by transfire 4y ago
This more pessimistic then the reality. For example a woman in Africa figured out how to compress recycled plastic into bricks suitable for build houses. There are lots of people in this world that could benefit from this.
The real problem is not the technical and labor hurdles, but our application — doing things that actually work,, rather than politically expedient.
- starkd 4y agoIt's pessimistic because most of the recycled materials goes right to the landfills with the other garbage. Meanwhile, we are consuming twice the resources just to collect the garbage.
- stubish 4y agoCompressed plastic bricks is above ground landfill, in that it has many of the same problems. The various toxins and problems with plastic over time? Now your walls are built of it. Hiding the problem in the 3rd world. Better than recycling would be wood or bamboo (carbon capture), or clay baked with green energy. Perhaps generated by burning the waste plastic we can't bear to be without.