Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar industry

Re:Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar... by TotempaaltJ on Saturday February 03, 2024 @04:48PM (#39245093)

To be fair, we don't need it to overtake, or even come close to, the entire plastic industry. It'd already be nice if it, and other sustainable materials, could chip away at different uses of petroplastics.

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Re:Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar... by onlyrealcuzzo on Saturday February 03, 2024 @05:54PM (#39245602)

My point is that Cork is so laughably far away from making a meaningful dent.

It's orders of magnitude away from even taking out 1%.

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Re:Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar... by klipt on Saturday February 03, 2024 @06:43PM (#39245915)

Would be nice if we could invent a way to produce and 3D print cork in factories.

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Re:Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar... by mc32 on Saturday February 03, 2024 @06:58PM (#39246003)

Like artificial “meats” there’s going to be a lot of artificial things in “printing” “cork” plain old plastics might be better.

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Re:Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar... by davkan on Sunday February 04, 2024 @01:07AM (#39248016)

I don’t know about printing but there’s various methods for liquifying and expanding cork. E.g. spray cork insulation and moldable cork ski boot liners.

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