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Fluff This
In my wanderings through the Internet, I came across this: a blog posting about this stuff innocuously called "fluff" -- which is a building material made from processed and sterilized garbage. Yes! Common garbage, turned into bric-a-bloc. See it in action here and here.
Intellectually, I like this idea whole lot -- there's a lot of garbage out there, and it's nice to see people doing something with it that's actually reasonably productive. On the emotional side, however, I don't know that I want to live in garbage, processed or not. Aside from the garbage I strew around my office, that is. Personally, I think it would be cool if they could use something like this in road construction; there's something poetical about the idea of a civilization driving on its own garbage.
Would you use blocks of processed and sterlized garbage in construction -- presuming it's safe and would create sound objects?
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Fluff is a wonderful product, and it is about time someone figured out a way to use our garbage productively. A friend of mine regularly uses fluff in his business, and hopefully other contractors will soon follow suit!
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Our deck is constructed of composite plastic waste material. Biggest problem was price, needs to come down before more people will venture out and try it. But it requires no stain, preservative and no problem with slivers. I have also read of various State Departments of Transportation experimenting with roads built partially out of recycled tires. How's that for material making the cycle.
We need more fluff in our life... how soon can do something constructive with the garbage I'm bombarded with on the tube?
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Depends on what kind of garbage it was. I'd definitely consider it though. ~ Lori
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when i first saw "fluff" in your post, i thought of marshmallow!! then i actually read it and i was reminded of The Farm in Tennessee, a commune from the 70s that uses all sorts of recyclables as building materials. some of the structures are very nifty. spiffy, even. debra
5/17/05 6:58 PM