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Re:Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly st... by aliswe on Thursday May 19, 2022 @08:05PM (#31441817)
Asphalt also emits microparticles during wear and tear, as do tires... It needs to be tested, not assumed.
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Re:Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly st... by ajsnigrutin on Thursday May 19, 2022 @08:34PM (#31442014)
Aren't a lot of those microparticles just sand? Asphalt is basically just rocks/sand and some tar-ish cemicals to bind them together.
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Re:Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly st... by jahewson on Thursday May 19, 2022 @10:06PM (#31442552)
No you should assume it’s a problem until proven otherwise. We only have one environment and shoving anything we please into it without so much as a second thought is exactly what’s led us to our current predicament.
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Re:Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly st... by aliswe on Friday May 20, 2022 @07:38AM (#31445996)
we know that the microparticles are a problem - the assumption that I'm challenging is that plastic is worse than conventional asphalt.
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Re:Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly st... by throwaway742 on Friday May 20, 2022 @02:53AM (#31444169)
>until proven otherwise a.k.a. testing
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Re:Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly st... by rockinghigh on Thursday May 19, 2022 @08:38PM (#31442033)
Most tires are made from synthetic rubber which also derived from oil.
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