This company is turning mounds of plastic trash into construction building blocks - CNN

[Janine Finnell]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/03/business/byfusion-waste-plastic-blocks/index.html 

I saw this article and thought it was a very interesting idea to convert plastic waste into construction building blocks.

Janine

[Carol Schreitmueller]

Thank you, Janine - perfect food for thought! 

Commendable in terms of their timely surplus waste repurposing concept, ease of manufacturing, and the electric production story. 👍🏼

 And … my question is (of course!) …”then what?” 

The Built Environment undergoes sweeping cyclical changes and continuous improvement - truly, nothing is a constant.  I wonder if these specific blocks have another intentional purpose I’m unaware of - once their 1st useful construction block lifetime ends. 

Brought to mind a I conversation I had with McDonough & Braungart 20 years ago: “ Everything else is designed for you to throw away when you are finished with it. But where is “away”? Of course, “away” does not really exist. “Away” has gone away.”

On Aug 3, 2022, at 5:14 PM, Janine Finnell <jfin...@leadersinenergy.org> wrote:



https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/03/business/byfusion-waste-plastic-blocks/index.html 

I saw this article and thought it was a very interesting idea to convert plastic waste into construction building blocks.

Janine

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