Cork is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar industry

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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