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Re:Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly st... by balaji1 on Thursday May 19, 2022 @09:04PM (#31442193)
Clay and other concrete based bricks must be cheap enough already, and work well.

If we intend to reuse plastic in bricks, maybe use those bricks for building things in and around landfills or things like storing nuclear waste - so that toxicity is concentrated. Otherwise, plastic bricks seem like one of those things that will be discovered to be toxic eventually.

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Re:Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly st... by leksak on Friday May 20, 2022 @12:38AM (#31443413)
The world is allegedly running out of sand appropriate for use in concrete products. 99% Invisible (podcast) has a episode on the topic I suggest checking out https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/built-on-sand/

Not saying that I want plastic in construction materials or roads though: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/19/environm...

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Re:Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly st... by manmal on Friday May 20, 2022 @01:29AM (#31443699)
The bricks in the story are made of sand, too.
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