UBC device uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water
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Re: UBC device uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water
#2Anybody want to drop in and burst my bubble? This sounds very promising!
Re: UBC device uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water
#3I guess it's not possible to design a tea bag that's not made out of plastic but that can also survive the boiling hot temperatures?
Re: UBC device uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water
#4Anybody want to drop in and burst my bubble? This sounds very promising!
How does it perform in the real world, where water is contaminated with far more than microplastic - is this filter selective for plastic or will it get gummed up by literally anything?
Is the solution scalable? What does it cost?
Re: UBC device uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water
#5Anybody want to drop in and burst my bubble? This sounds very promising!
How does it perform in the real world, where water is contaminated with far more than microplastic - is this filter selective for plastic or will it get gummed up by literally anything? Is the solution scalable? What does it cost?
Hmm, well done sir
That bubble never had a chance!
There have been similar issues with this promising approach: https://www.freethink.com/environment/plastic-eating-bacteri...
Personally I often wonder why things like the seaweed for cows that reduces methane emissions by 99% is not everywhere by now, and we are resorting to masks to trap gases from their breathing and farts.
Re: UBC device uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water
#6Anybody want to drop in and burst my bubble? This sounds very promising!
Even if this doesn’t go anywhere (due to economics or funding or red tape or whatever), the best parts of this is we know people are actually working to resolve this issue and are making progress.
Re: UBC device uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water
#7I guess it's not possible to design a tea bag that's not made out of plastic but that can also survive the boiling hot temperatures?
It's definitely possible, many tea bags do not contain plastics, and are instead made of cotton, hemp, or other non-hazardous materials.
Re: UBC device uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water
#8I wonder if we could build a huge floating "island of plants" in the great pacific garbage patch?
Re: UBC device uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water
#9I guess it's not possible to design a tea bag that's not made out of plastic but that can also survive the boiling hot temperatures?
are tea bags even necessary? people managed drinking tea before plastic was invented
Re: UBC device uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water
#10I guess it's not possible to design a tea bag that's not made out of plastic but that can also survive the boiling hot temperatures?
Tea bags used to be made of fabrics such as cotton, silk, etc, it's not like we don't know how to make them without plastic.