Comments on: Plastic Clothes that Turn into Water http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/plastic-clothes-that-turn-into-water/4563 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:39:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David - clothes shops reviewer http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/plastic-clothes-that-turn-into-water/4563/comment-page-1#comment-175437 David - clothes shops reviewer Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:10:31 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=4563#comment-175437 Do I want to wear soluble plastic clothes? No. But I don't think that's what this exhibition is saying. It's taking the idea of soluble clothes to illustrate the issue of the environmental effects of the materials we use everyday - particularly in packaging as this article highlights. Whether biodegradable plastics is the best route forwards is a debate on its own - see http://www.futurenergia.org/ww/en/pub/futurenergia/chats/bio_plastics.htm for a discussion of some of the concerns. Do I want to wear soluble plastic clothes? No. But I don’t think that’s what this exhibition is saying. It’s taking the idea of soluble clothes to illustrate the issue of the environmental effects of the materials we use everyday – particularly in packaging as this article highlights. Whether biodegradable plastics is the best route forwards is a debate on its own – see http://www.futurenergia.org/ww/en/pub/futurenergia/chats/bio_plastics.htm for a discussion of some of the concerns.

]]> By: crackgerbal http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/plastic-clothes-that-turn-into-water/4563/comment-page-1#comment-150030 crackgerbal Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:32:14 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=4563#comment-150030 While i dont think that using this polymer as a garment would be best because you'd have to never wash it if you wanted multiple use; i do think that the polymer could be used to replace many other plastic items that we use everyday. or instance, if they could put a dissolvable coating on plastic forks that takes, say 24 hrs to dissolve before water would touch the plastic, then we could use it for all our temporary eating utensils. While i dont think that using this polymer as a garment would be best because you’d have to never wash it if you wanted multiple use; i do think that the polymer could be used to replace many other plastic items that we use everyday.

or instance, if they could put a dissolvable coating on plastic forks that takes, say 24 hrs to dissolve before water would touch the plastic, then we could use it for all our temporary eating utensils.

]]> By: aleeza http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/plastic-clothes-that-turn-into-water/4563/comment-page-1#comment-142546 aleeza Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:47:09 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=4563#comment-142546 lots of things dissolve with/into water. they don't disappear into nothing. pretty sure water is indeed something. not only that, but the article doesn't even connote that it disappears into thin air. not only that, but the polymer-water-combination isn't mean for the ocean and aquatic life. it specifically says you can use it for you plants. plus, i'm sure it'll be tested before and is being tested now for how it affects its surroundings. lots of things dissolve with/into water. they don’t disappear into nothing. pretty sure water is indeed something. not only that, but the article doesn’t even connote that it disappears into thin air. not only that, but the polymer-water-combination isn’t mean for the ocean and aquatic life. it specifically says you can use it for you plants. plus, i’m sure it’ll be tested before and is being tested now for how it affects its surroundings.

]]> By: Angela McClean http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/plastic-clothes-that-turn-into-water/4563/comment-page-1#comment-134863 Angela McClean Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:59:29 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=4563#comment-134863 There's always someone who wears the lable "Green Cruisader" in order to attack, undermine and mock others, yeah Scott? Instead of asking a polite question on how the breakdown of complex polymers to simpler polymers could be a viable and sustainable option or avenue for the future and whether aquatic life could potentially be affected, he takes a small minded pot shot, typical of serial doom and gloom posters: “…the transiency of fashion and the fragility of our earth” - HA, likely story."...Uh, makes sense to me! There’s always someone who wears the lable “Green Cruisader” in order to attack, undermine and mock others, yeah Scott?
Instead of asking a polite question on how the breakdown of complex polymers to simpler polymers could be a viable and sustainable option or avenue for the future and whether aquatic life could potentially be affected, he takes a small minded pot shot, typical of serial doom and gloom posters: “…the transiency of fashion and the fragility of our earth” – HA, likely story.”…Uh, makes sense to me!

]]> By: Scott http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/plastic-clothes-that-turn-into-water/4563/comment-page-1#comment-130417 Scott Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:12:41 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=4563#comment-130417 Nothing simply disappears. Is this just an anesthetic proposal based on what we don't see does not exist? What does the plastic "dissolve" down to? Smaller plastic particles? Does this not pollute water? And how does this "plastic water" affect existing aquatic life? Is this even really a solution or is it just another way for us to accelerate the destruction of everything? "...the transiency of fashion and the fragility of our earth" - HA, likely story. Nothing simply disappears. Is this just an anesthetic proposal based on what we don’t see does not exist? What does the plastic “dissolve” down to? Smaller plastic particles? Does this not pollute water? And how does this “plastic water” affect existing aquatic life? Is this even really a solution or is it just another way for us to accelerate the destruction of everything?
“…the transiency of fashion and the fragility of our earth” – HA, likely story.

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