I give Apple a lot of credit for demonstrating that a tech company can go green without going "red". Using aluminum, mercury and arsenic free glass, pushing LED LCD panels early on, recycling their products and other tech products, self-sustaining server plants, etc. Plastic is awful, it requires more energy to recycle plastic, negating any positives it may produce which is why so many eco-conscious people refuse to use it. A man in Japan invented a machine that can take any plastic material, any, and break it down into reusable oil, etc. The machine uses less energy than a light bulb. It's amazing. I've posted this once before, and highly recommend watching, if for nothing more than the common love of tech we all have.
Plastic to Oil Fantastic OW2.0
I just thought, imagine taking all that plastic and converting it back into oil? Imagine, cleaning up the oceans, while producing a huge source of energy?
E-waste is a major issue in our modern tech lead lives. With plastic islands the size of Texas and three-five feet down in the north-pacific and Indian oceans, combined with electronic waste dumps spewing chemicals onto the beaches of third world nations, and on and on, It's imperative we take responsibility for the only place we call home.
An architecture firm is working on a project to build onto the plastic islands. A daunting project, while perhaps a dream is one of the few proposed projects in dealing with our waste.
Whim Architects Launch Kickstarter Campaign to Build Self-Sustaining Island Homes from Pacific Plastic Garbage
