Plastic ish materials can be made from plants like hemp, stronger and non toxic depending on how they are made.
Good luck switching over, barriers to entry, an economy of scale needed to compete with plastic, and oil bros using the government to stymie competition would all prevent large scale switch over.
90 pc of all plastic ever made had been made in the last ten years it was reported years back, and huge new manufacturies were under construction. Which since everything was already plastic makes one wonder what all new they are doing with this increasing supply?
One thing is for certain, landfill it. Recycling plastic does not work, it releases chemicals, and was a psy op of oil companies to begin with to deflect blame.
Hemp is great, it would be a boon for farmers, with the end economy of scale they could take some of the leafy hemp parts for paper production, which makes better paper than wood pulp, and then the fibrous stocks can be used to make all sorts of like particle board and construction materials. Like plywood.
Leather is also a fantastic material (without getting into the ethics of the cattle industry, which is another can of worms). It’s a little bit pricy but anything made from quality leather is going to last a damn long time.
I read an article that there is a very large glut of leather supply because it’s no longer trendy to wear leather clothes and no one is buying it. Not that prices have come down or anything.
I’m ok with it being a bit lux because that’s less dead cows, but it’s worth the extra cost given that it’ll outlast anything else if properly taken care of. You can get cheap leather jackets and belts at thrift shops, occasionally shoes as well (I do leatherwork and honestly get most of my belts from there)
Leather can be made from fungi now. Idk the process, but there are alternatives that could compete in quality and undercut price with an economy of scale.
Yeah it’s everywhere to the point we are rarely not in contact with plastic. We wear it, sleep in it, drink with it, walk on it, and whatever else you can imagine.
Fake lether, houses, paintings, cars, tires, e-waste, packaging, just some of our abundant sources of plastic waste.
Many if which could be replaced with wood and other cellulose material.
Plastic ish materials can be made from plants like hemp, stronger and non toxic depending on how they are made.
Good luck switching over, barriers to entry, an economy of scale needed to compete with plastic, and oil bros using the government to stymie competition would all prevent large scale switch over.
90 pc of all plastic ever made had been made in the last ten years it was reported years back, and huge new manufacturies were under construction. Which since everything was already plastic makes one wonder what all new they are doing with this increasing supply?
One thing is for certain, landfill it. Recycling plastic does not work, it releases chemicals, and was a psy op of oil companies to begin with to deflect blame.
Hemp is so good and we should be using more of it.
Hemp is great, it would be a boon for farmers, with the end economy of scale they could take some of the leafy hemp parts for paper production, which makes better paper than wood pulp, and then the fibrous stocks can be used to make all sorts of like particle board and construction materials. Like plywood.
Leather is also a fantastic material (without getting into the ethics of the cattle industry, which is another can of worms). It’s a little bit pricy but anything made from quality leather is going to last a damn long time.
I read an article that there is a very large glut of leather supply because it’s no longer trendy to wear leather clothes and no one is buying it. Not that prices have come down or anything.
I’m ok with it being a bit lux because that’s less dead cows, but it’s worth the extra cost given that it’ll outlast anything else if properly taken care of. You can get cheap leather jackets and belts at thrift shops, occasionally shoes as well (I do leatherwork and honestly get most of my belts from there)
Leather can be made from fungi now. Idk the process, but there are alternatives that could compete in quality and undercut price with an economy of scale.
Yeah it’s everywhere to the point we are rarely not in contact with plastic. We wear it, sleep in it, drink with it, walk on it, and whatever else you can imagine.
Well I’m not having sex with it… (Stares at Roomba)
Not with that attitude
What about your couch? Probably lots of plastics in it, too.