Teen Decomposes Plastic Bag In 3 Months

This reminds me of when I was a kid I found an old but great book of kid's craft projects. I really wanted to make the cool, interesting-looking hammock that was made out of hundreds of plastic 6-pack beverage holders strung together with nylon rope.

However, my parents told me that if I built it, it would decompose (the plastic formulation had changed to prevent seagulls and the like from being ensnared by discarded 6-pack rings).

Re: Teen Decomposes Plastic Bag In 3 Months

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Re: Teen Decomposes Plastic Bag In 3 Months

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Post by jsonscripter » Thu, Jul 30, 2009, 2:01 PM UTC

euroclydon wrote: post #4

Good stuff, but it's still that (Western?) way of thinking about treating the symptom.

I love plastic :(

I'd vastly prefer to recycle or decompose it than to never use it again.

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Post by joshfinnie » Thu, Jul 30, 2009, 2:02 PM UTC

Wonder how much heat this process creates? Could we get rid of plastic and run a turbine? Maybe there's a hope for green energy afterall...

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Post by keltecp11 » Thu, Jul 30, 2009, 2:03 PM UTC

wallflower wrote: post #5

This reminds me of when I was a kid I found an old but great book of kid's craft projects. I really wanted to make the cool, interesting-looking hammock that was made out of hundreds of plastic 6-pack beverage holders strung together with nylon rope. However, my parents told me that if I built it, it would decompose (the plastic formulation had changed to prevent seagulls and the like from being ensnared by discarded…

That's a neat concept. Reminds me of http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7294910

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Post by onreact-com » Thu, Jul 30, 2009, 2:24 PM UTC

jsonscripter wrote: post #7

euroclydon wrote: post #4

Good stuff, but it's still that (Western?) way of thinking about treating the symptom.

I love plastic :( I'd vastly prefer to recycle or decompose it than to never use it again.

Remember plastic is made of oil (petroleum) so people actually die for plastic.