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bucolic_frolic

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15. Innovation like this has been all over YouTube for years

Fri Feb 19, 2021, 06:02 PM

Feb 2021

A Scottish farmer paving roads with plastic waste ... an island dweller distilling plastic in a sealed boiled into diesel fuel ... paving blocks for patios, benches, boards.

It never goes anywhere. The innovation is not in the making of the product. The innovation is in making it economically profitable to the right people to promote, distribute, buy, and sell the output.

Retailers resist, wholesales resist, drillers and frackers resist, iron manufacturers resist, I daresay some labor unions that support those industries resist.

Sorry to burst the bubble, but it's never as simple as making a better product that is environmentally friendly.

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Kenyan woman invents environmental breakthrough: Bricks our of plastic waste. [View all] brush Feb 2021 OP

this is awesome! handmade34 Feb 2021 #1

So very cool! UpInArms Feb 2021 #7

Cool, cool, cool! Thank you for posting! LaMouffette Feb 2021 #2

Big K&R. nt tblue37 Feb 2021 #3

Good. jeffreyi Feb 2021 #4

Wow!!!! Incredible and wonderful. What an amazing young person! niyad Feb 2021 #5

She could partner up with the 4 Ocean guys, who remove... 3catwoman3 Feb 2021 #6

That would be a fantastic partnership. It could go worldwide. brush Feb 2021 #8

Strange as it sounds, we have a world wide sand shortage. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #31

Didn't she say in the video that sand is the binding material? brush Feb 2021 #32

Plastic is the binder; sand is what is being bound. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #33

Wonder if particularly fine sand is needed for this product? brush Feb 2021 #37

Is most of the glass being recycled back to glass? csziggy Feb 2021 #34

THAT's a sand pile! Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #38

Here is a more in depth article with a picture of my grandfather! csziggy Feb 2021 #40

One built the mountain and one took it down. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #44

Plastic pavers are probably quite hot. Goodheart Feb 2021 #9

And? brush Feb 2021 #10

good insulators are very good building materials in all climates.... getagrip_already Feb 2021 #20

Remember, the product is half sand so that factor lessens flammability. brush Feb 2021 #27

Can't believe nobody done that already. They make doc03 Feb 2021 #11

The video mentions plans to produce bricks also. brush Feb 2021 #12

And you could probably use glue instead of mortar. trof Feb 2021 #14

Yes, another weigh saving innovation. brush Feb 2021 #25

Giant Legos -- no glue. :) Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #43

The bricks would be half sand so they wouldn't be any more flammable than say...wood,... brush Feb 2021 #26

Wood composite boards are also flammable - but they can be treated with fire retardants csziggy Feb 2021 #36

Someone with a lot of money (Bezos) TNNurse Feb 2021 #13

Yes. This. ancianita Feb 2021 #17

Innovation like this has been all over YouTube for years bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #15

I suspect Pantagruel Feb 2021 #22

Seems it's already up and running and not encountering the US market... brush Feb 2021 #30

Seriously great innovation. Thanks! ancianita Feb 2021 #16

I love watching these videos and feel so hopeful that someone will help this japple Feb 2021 #18

They should go on the show "Shark Tank" to get further investment.,, brush Feb 2021 #29

This is so promising that I hesitate to rain on the parade. Oldem Feb 2021 #19

first world thinking..... getagrip_already Feb 2021 #21

Remember the product is half sand. After production it becomes... brush Feb 2021 #28

kicking to watch later Demovictory9 Feb 2021 #23

Great step in the right direction. K&R for visibility. crickets Feb 2021 #24

I'd love to try this on a very small scale ... Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #35

Cool idea, but a bit of caution Brother Buzz Feb 2021 #39

How so? Plastic is said to last for 1000 years in landfills. brush Feb 2021 #41

Plastic bottles may last a thousand years buried in a landfill, but... Brother Buzz Feb 2021 #42

Could be, but after the process it becomes another substance. brush Feb 2021 #45

What we really need is to not use nearly as much plastic, period. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2021 #46

She's not making plastic. She's killing two birds with one stone so to speak... brush Feb 2021 #47