Dec 3, 2022 8:25 PM
SamirBelhamra
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hack
waterbottles
skills
awesome
lifehack
Agracuta
Cakes
mondomar
I wonder if this is similar to how lost brooms are made. Wow.
nickasaurusrex83
JFC look at the microplastics from cutting the broom.
Thesaya
We do things like this too, but on a much larger scale.
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LauchMan
So much Microplastic now polluting the environment because of the abrasive behavior. Think ahead, please.
throwaway12345432
Okay, but hear me out. For the price of two of those bottles, I could just buy a broom of similar quality. Without needing extra equipment.
MrFancyPanzer
In Norway we just recycle them.
noonenooner
She is recycling them.
zeiji
ye, id personally prefer to use a straw broom, this will wear down and create plastic dust and disseminate microplastics even faster
MapleSyrupMafia
Why are indeed low on microplastic. /s
Titilve74
Best use..? Ever heard of MICROPLASTIC..? That's what you'll get by rubbing this stuff on the floor... ???
NZCO
Bless the camera man
DarkAshelin
Ah yes, making fresh microplastics
pintDMG
Aside from the whole microplastics/recycling debate going on here: "Gloves! For crying out loud, wear gloves!"
Omoi113
Now that I know about micro plastic I'm not even aure what is the right approach anymore.
LewdFrog
That's how you get microplastic pollution and infertility everywhere.
marav690
Now there’s brooms in the landfill as opposed to money in your pocket
MrWiggleBottom
First girl: “BEST. DAY. EVER!” The others: “Life is too long. Kill me now.”
kettlewallace
kahlas
Bad idea. Imagine all the abraded bits of plastic washing into the ocean from doing this. Recycle it properly.
copingcabana
This isn't soda pressing
heumpje
So that is how they make microplastics?
Exactly. So unintelligent.
UserNamesArentEasy
katwilmb
They also make it into fiber and now we're wearing BPA or BPB or just plain plastic .
fadingtheory
They made recycled 3d filament this way too.
zenoshogun
That's what I thought she was doing at first.
MCNewYorkLives
Gotta use it to 3D print my soda bottles!
MADFOX
The circle of life
BlinkSpunk
I do this. The quality isn't as good as say, Hatchbox but it can be okay for small molds
SoraHjort
Heard that it can be quite a pain to do so, they're more finicky/fragile to get threaded than regular filament. Can be done, though.
Actual printing is bad too. A big problem is PET, which is what soda bottles are made of, can't be fully melted twice or it will...
crystalize. So its hard to make, hard to feed, and you have to print it at super low tempts that make it finicky and prints weak.
DutchCraft2050
I never watched the bottle. Is this normal or should my focus be at the bottle?
ramram70
Bottle? What bottle?
therealbardman
Prince Andrew is that you?
hesbeginningtobelieve
Recycling this way is much, much worse than just ending up in a landfill. Micro plastics are a bigger problem than a bottle in the ground.
moonsaves
So... they just buy a new, plastic brush instead to do the same thing?
xovoxovox
You should get in touch with her and tell her about how her efforts aren't up to your exacting standards.
Dude it’s not “my standards”.. the lifespan of just one of those brooms will cause a fuck ton of micro plastics. Do you know the solution:
For micro plastics? There is none!
Kavrae
Good intentions don't cancel out bad results.
Rivtibtt
Recycle them, the broom creates microplatic.
billyrayvirus
Plastic recycling is a myth. Better to burn it to generate electricity in lieu of coal.
figmentPez
Whatever they recycle them into is going to create microplastic, too.
mrsdowneyjr
Everything creates microplastics. At least this doesn't release chemicals or use fossil fuels to do. Plus it replaces a broom that would
KingORedLions
(1/2) You can't actually recycle plastic, it's one of the more heinous forms of greenwashing propaganda. You have three choices;
(2/2) A: Reuse it as it is. B: Repurpose the material like above. C: Downcycle it into lower grade material. None solve the plastic problem.
HeadJamistan
I was gonna say this and you beat me to it. +!
blamiesnotfree
So does any other broom on the fucking planet, and don't give me that "I only use organic yak hair brooms only" bullshit... Fact of the 1/
Margrave9000
Don't give us that "it's either the vilest, most wasteful industrial byproduct or a 1,000$ unique art piece" bullshit either.
Matter is that the only environmental difference between this broom and the millions of industrially manufactured one that are bought and 2/
Used every day is that poor people have access to this broom. 3.
GuysJustWannaFish
This IS recycling.
teacupsquid
Look up the definition of recycling.
alwaysthecheesegrater
This is "up-cycling"
Kind of reusing?
HardcoreMango
Recycling, the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects.
TheGhostofElizabethShue
Kinda seems like the only way not to have microplastics in the environment is not to have plastic.
StevieTheAussie
blueyhonda
circlebreaker
Bingo. It always goes somewhere, inevitably into bodies of water and then the food chain.
Weissgrossmutter
Scientists down under discovered new way to turn plastic back to oil, I'll find a link.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/11679326
minipancho94
correct. plastic use needs to be cut drastically. its too useful to not use at all, but we should only use it when needed.
SciencePetsComputers
In my work i've learned the floors are plastic coated in other plastic(floor wax is acrylic) and the walls and all else is coated in plastic
ToastedEggSandwich
I'd love if we did away with those little plastic windows in otherwise fully cardboard packaging.
leechdemon
Yeah, talk about unnecessary.
Noahbalboa82
Look at the reasonable person being all reasonable over here
fiqqen
Why pulling it along a pole?
That's slicing he bottle into strands.
DaisyfromDownunder
The Bavarians were not available.
Calicious
Leverage without needing as much space
Amanda55andcows
did you see her ass? it keeps you engaged. Oddly it keeps women engaged with the content too.
boston460
It should help to straighten it out (like when you use curling ribbon and you can uncurl it by pulling scissors along the other side)
TheobromineAddict
That allowed you to get a good luck at her butt.
ApronNoPants
Consistency? Pole makes it pull in the same direction, probably evens out tension.
So U can see the bottle and her Back
LrrrRulerofThePlanetOmicronPerseiVIII
side
FarkasMacTavish
Creates a pulley system, so that it's easier to pull with less effort.
BlueTalon
That requires a moving pulley. A single fixed pulley only redirects the force
daggleshire
Nope
more easily stretchable
ThatShiftyMonkey
How is the step done to cut the strand into tons of equal lengths? Manually with scissors?
ComcastLover
I mean. Another way is to use an actual recycling station but who am I to judge?
IlluminaBlade
plastic recycling is a huge scam that doesn't work.
RigoryMorty
Maybe in America. Here we recycled 86.4% of all plastic bottles 2021. 89% of all aluminium cans.
What do you base this on?
monkeydwolfwood
An episode of Penn and teller bullshit
arewenotkingsandqueenstogether
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/28/science/plastic-recycling-is-myth-study-says/
Agracuta
Cakes
mondomar
I wonder if this is similar to how lost brooms are made. Wow.
nickasaurusrex83
JFC look at the microplastics from cutting the broom.
Thesaya
We do things like this too, but on a much larger scale.
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LauchMan
So much Microplastic now polluting the environment because of the abrasive behavior. Think ahead, please.
throwaway12345432
Okay, but hear me out. For the price of two of those bottles, I could just buy a broom of similar quality. Without needing extra equipment.
MrFancyPanzer
In Norway we just recycle them.
noonenooner
She is recycling them.
zeiji
ye, id personally prefer to use a straw broom, this will wear down and create plastic dust and disseminate microplastics even faster
MapleSyrupMafia
Why are indeed low on microplastic. /s
Titilve74
Best use..? Ever heard of MICROPLASTIC..? That's what you'll get by rubbing this stuff on the floor... ???
NZCO
Bless the camera man
DarkAshelin
Ah yes, making fresh microplastics
pintDMG
Aside from the whole microplastics/recycling debate going on here: "Gloves! For crying out loud, wear gloves!"
Omoi113
Now that I know about micro plastic I'm not even aure what is the right approach anymore.
LewdFrog
That's how you get microplastic pollution and infertility everywhere.
marav690
Now there’s brooms in the landfill as opposed to money in your pocket
MrWiggleBottom
First girl: “BEST. DAY. EVER!” The others: “Life is too long. Kill me now.”
kettlewallace
kahlas
Bad idea. Imagine all the abraded bits of plastic washing into the ocean from doing this. Recycle it properly.
copingcabana
This isn't soda pressing
heumpje
So that is how they make microplastics?
LauchMan
Exactly. So unintelligent.
[deleted]
[deleted]
UserNamesArentEasy
katwilmb
They also make it into fiber and now we're wearing BPA or BPB or just plain plastic .
fadingtheory
They made recycled 3d filament this way too.
zenoshogun
That's what I thought she was doing at first.
MCNewYorkLives
Gotta use it to 3D print my soda bottles!
MADFOX
The circle of life
BlinkSpunk
I do this. The quality isn't as good as say, Hatchbox but it can be okay for small molds
SoraHjort
Heard that it can be quite a pain to do so, they're more finicky/fragile to get threaded than regular filament. Can be done, though.
[deleted]
[deleted]
fadingtheory
Actual printing is bad too. A big problem is PET, which is what soda bottles are made of, can't be fully melted twice or it will...
fadingtheory
crystalize. So its hard to make, hard to feed, and you have to print it at super low tempts that make it finicky and prints weak.
DutchCraft2050
I never watched the bottle. Is this normal or should my focus be at the bottle?
ramram70
Bottle? What bottle?
therealbardman
Prince Andrew is that you?
hesbeginningtobelieve
Recycling this way is much, much worse than just ending up in a landfill. Micro plastics are a bigger problem than a bottle in the ground.
moonsaves
So... they just buy a new, plastic brush instead to do the same thing?
xovoxovox
You should get in touch with her and tell her about how her efforts aren't up to your exacting standards.
hesbeginningtobelieve
Dude it’s not “my standards”.. the lifespan of just one of those brooms will cause a fuck ton of micro plastics. Do you know the solution:
hesbeginningtobelieve
For micro plastics? There is none!
Kavrae
Good intentions don't cancel out bad results.
Rivtibtt
Recycle them, the broom creates microplatic.
billyrayvirus
Plastic recycling is a myth. Better to burn it to generate electricity in lieu of coal.
figmentPez
Whatever they recycle them into is going to create microplastic, too.
mrsdowneyjr
Everything creates microplastics. At least this doesn't release chemicals or use fossil fuels to do. Plus it replaces a broom that would
KingORedLions
(1/2) You can't actually recycle plastic, it's one of the more heinous forms of greenwashing propaganda. You have three choices;
KingORedLions
(2/2) A: Reuse it as it is. B: Repurpose the material like above. C: Downcycle it into lower grade material. None solve the plastic problem.
HeadJamistan
I was gonna say this and you beat me to it. +!
blamiesnotfree
So does any other broom on the fucking planet, and don't give me that "I only use organic yak hair brooms only" bullshit... Fact of the 1/
Margrave9000
Don't give us that "it's either the vilest, most wasteful industrial byproduct or a 1,000$ unique art piece" bullshit either.
blamiesnotfree
Matter is that the only environmental difference between this broom and the millions of industrially manufactured one that are bought and 2/
blamiesnotfree
Used every day is that poor people have access to this broom. 3.
GuysJustWannaFish
This IS recycling.
teacupsquid
Look up the definition of recycling.
alwaysthecheesegrater
This is "up-cycling"
mrsdowneyjr
Kind of reusing?
HardcoreMango
Recycling, the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects.
TheGhostofElizabethShue
Kinda seems like the only way not to have microplastics in the environment is not to have plastic.
StevieTheAussie
blueyhonda
circlebreaker
Bingo. It always goes somewhere, inevitably into bodies of water and then the food chain.
Weissgrossmutter
Scientists down under discovered new way to turn plastic back to oil, I'll find a link.
Weissgrossmutter
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/11679326
minipancho94
correct. plastic use needs to be cut drastically. its too useful to not use at all, but we should only use it when needed.
SciencePetsComputers
In my work i've learned the floors are plastic coated in other plastic(floor wax is acrylic) and the walls and all else is coated in plastic
ToastedEggSandwich
I'd love if we did away with those little plastic windows in otherwise fully cardboard packaging.
leechdemon
Yeah, talk about unnecessary.
Noahbalboa82
Look at the reasonable person being all reasonable over here
fiqqen
Why pulling it along a pole?
UserNamesArentEasy
That's slicing he bottle into strands.
DaisyfromDownunder
The Bavarians were not available.
Calicious
Leverage without needing as much space
Amanda55andcows
did you see her ass? it keeps you engaged. Oddly it keeps women engaged with the content too.
boston460
It should help to straighten it out (like when you use curling ribbon and you can uncurl it by pulling scissors along the other side)
TheobromineAddict
That allowed you to get a good luck at her butt.
ApronNoPants
Consistency? Pole makes it pull in the same direction, probably evens out tension.
Rivtibtt
So U can see the bottle and her Back
LrrrRulerofThePlanetOmicronPerseiVIII
side
FarkasMacTavish
Creates a pulley system, so that it's easier to pull with less effort.
BlueTalon
That requires a moving pulley. A single fixed pulley only redirects the force
daggleshire
Nope
SamirBelhamra
more easily stretchable
ThatShiftyMonkey
How is the step done to cut the strand into tons of equal lengths? Manually with scissors?
ComcastLover
I mean. Another way is to use an actual recycling station but who am I to judge?
IlluminaBlade
plastic recycling is a huge scam that doesn't work.
RigoryMorty
Maybe in America. Here we recycled 86.4% of all plastic bottles 2021. 89% of all aluminium cans.
ComcastLover
What do you base this on?
monkeydwolfwood
An episode of Penn and teller bullshit
arewenotkingsandqueenstogether
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/28/science/plastic-recycling-is-myth-study-says/