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bucolic_frolic

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2. They were going to make building materials

Reply to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Thu Apr 21, 2022, 11:00 AM

Apr 2022

In the early 80s a major conglomerate built a prototype plastic house. Studs from plastic, siding from plastic, etc. It was built in Massachusetts. Never heard another word about it. The article did have photos.

If we wean from plastic, what is the replacement packaging?

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Big Oil Touted Recycling to Sell More Plastic, and Left Cities Grappling With a Costly Waste Problem [View all] Wicked Blue Apr 2022 OP

🤬 🤬 🤬 a kennedy Apr 2022 #1

They were going to make building materials bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #2

Paper and cardboard madville Apr 2022 #3

Lol. Remember the 70's when paper bags were evil. jimfields33 Apr 2022 #4

Well, a reuseable cloth bag is preferable to a paper sack that is maxsolomon Apr 2022 #10

Trex is plastic lumber. maxsolomon Apr 2022 #6

People Conducted Business modrepub Apr 2022 #7

I remember seeing park benches made of recycled plastic in the 90s Wicked Blue Apr 2022 #11

A lot of the plastics are recyclable by definition. MichMan Apr 2022 #5

Privatize the profit, socialize the cost. maxsolomon Apr 2022 #8

Kick dalton99a Apr 2022 #9