very interisting . lady inovates w making plastic bricks from plastic trash

[AllaN01Bear]

[lagomorph777]

1. Brilliant!

I hope she makes tons of money.

[Duppers]

13. Indeed! This is GREAT!!

She needs to incorporate, franchise, & export her expertise, which could motivate more clean up of the Great Pacific garbage patch by making it profitable.


Little known fact:
The Ocean Conservancy reported that China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam dump more plastic in the sea than all other countries combined.[39] China alone is responsible for 30% of worldwide plastic ocean pollution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch

[secondwind]

2. Fascinating!

However, the bricks don’t weigh much at all.

[BComplex]

18. Very strong and very lightweight. That sounds great! Less fuel needed to transport.

We really do need an alternative to all the lumber we use to build homes in this world. Those of us who live in wooded areas of the country see the land being clear-cut day after day. There is NOBODY who is going to tell the lumber industry to stop cutting trees. Landowners are able to make good money when they sell their trees. It puts the kids through college, and buys them a new home.

But it's hell on the environment, and contributes to global warming to have all our trees cut. I would love to see this type of technology used to make beams and such.

[soothsayer]

3. Love her!

[jmbar2]

4. We could use this concept here in the US

We have no right to pollute the other countries. We should license her technology and build low income housing with plastic bricks here. Perhaps manufacture them like lego blocks that can be quickly constructed for emergency and temporary housing.

Thanks for posting. It's nice to see cool ideas for such bad problems.

[onethatcares]

6. even if the "Plastic"

is used in non bearing areas only it could greatly diminish the need for forest products which we seem to be running out of at a pace unheard of. .

The bricks don't only have to be 2 inches thick, They can be CAD molded to any shape, thickness or color.

I think it's a great use of "trash".

[Warpy]

9. I'm of two minds about this

For now, I think it's a brilliant idea to sequester plastic waste and turn it into materials for building.

However, it is still going to shed microplastics into the environment, something that could be a long term ticking time bomb.

However, short term, in a country drowning in first world garbage and short of building resources, this is fantastic.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. I think the problem is insurmountable, but it's a start

About 25 years ago, GE was building a prototype house in New England with plastic-stick lumber. Then there were steel studs.
And there is PVC lumber. Just fit and paint.

A farmer in Scotland developed a system to pave roads with plastic. Flexible, durable, indestructable.

Yet the plastic continues. Packaging. Clear containers. For lettuce, for hanging displays. It never ends.

Each innovation will meet existing industry opposition. Oil companies need to crack petroleum. Quarries are entrenched interests. Timber is an industry. All will resist, or meet the price competition and then some.

I've cut my plastic use about 80%, but it's not easy. There are some goods packaged in paper - detergent, soap bars, butter. But you need paint, cooking oil, motor oil, dairy products. Was there ever whole milk powder? I can scarcely find nonfat powdered milk.

Wish her well, that's what we all must do - take care of our corner of the world.

[jmbar2]

8. I've been trying to reduce my consumption as well

Particularly frustrated with blueberry plastic cases, yoghurt packaging, cottage cheese, etc. Seems like an astute dairy company would switch back to paper-based containers.

[Fla Dem]

7. Some big outfit needs to get behind this. This could be as big as steel production.

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Sure there will be start up costs and problems, but I've always thought that waste plastic could be remolded in to useful products. More than just bricks, other items as well Hope she copywrites the process.

And NO to the US sending our waste there. If we have to keep it here, then maybe we'll find a way to reuse it.

Kudos to that young lady.

[onethatcares]

10. bricks, counter tops, pavers

but not mulch.

It sickens me to see that rubber mulch for sale at the bbs no matter how pretty the bag is.

[Fla Dem]

12. No, not mulch. Bricks, pavers, fence slats, even shingles.

So many uses for a moldable, strong product rather than ending up in a landfill.

[Duppers]

15. I think the process should be patented

Not copyrighted, right? And I hope she gets an atty soon to help her. This should go worldwide.

Congratulations to this amazing, intelligent, hardworking woman!

[Fla Dem]

16. Yes, right. That's what I meant. Brain fog.

[Duppers]

17. I do that all the time.

[Demovictory9]

11. k&r

[malaise]

14. Keep US waste in the US

Stop exporting your trash
Great work sister