The Reusable Cotton Round

At first sight, cotton seems like a great material: it`s biodegradable, soft, and plant based. But have you ever wondered just how environmentally friendly it really is? The answer is not so much. It takes around 20,000 litres of water to create 1kg of cotton.

Lets get Waste-ed

Look around you right now.

Today in Bosnia and Herzegovina politicians gathered to open a trash can, yes a trash can

To me, it seems to be not a trash can but for collecting small electric and electronic devices that would otherwise perhaps end in the normal garbage. To me, seems a "last mile competitive material selection micro scrapping plant"....

Recycling was a lie — a big lie — to sell more plastic, industry experts say

There's still a good market for clean paper, cardboard, metals, and most c&d waste. Plastic is though. I'm working on a facility right now they want to recycle plastic down to the beads here in California. To make into new products?

Wire stripping machine

The largest fire in NYC (I think) was caused by homeless folks burning insulation off of scrap wire in a 50 gallon drum.

r/Futurology - America's Largest Solar-Panel Maker Leads the World in Panel Recycling–Recovering 95% of Materials "the materials can recreate new panels for 1,200 years before they finally become too unstable to use again."

So are they going to charge a token amount to replace older panels that need to be replaced? This doesn't talk much about the process of doing it.

r/Futurology - Scientists Find New Way To Break Down the Most Common Plastic "found a way to speed up the process of breaking down polyethylene and turn it into alkylaromatic molecules, which are used as surfactants in cosmetics and laundry detergent, lubricants for machinery, and refrigeration fluids."

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