On 20/01/09 Samuel Bautista Lazo wrote:
> I've been thinking that we may be able to design more sustainable
> products if we can use
> organic "waste" (like fallen leafs, mowed grass from city parks or
> fodder from farming
> operations) and transform their fibers into carpets for example, or
> may be clothing. Is
> this technically possible to do while achieving the level of
> functionality of conventional
> products? Could we design a sustainable manufacturing process that
> mimics nature to
> create such type of products?
Take the whole cycle into account. It may be useful, for example, to
turn a lot of that waste into charcoal to improve the soil, much as
forest and savanah fires do. Also has the neat side effect of
sequestering carbon for thousands of years instead of hundreds with wood.
Vik :v)
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