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| CD3000 | "Microplastics could be used as epoxy filler to make industrial products that don't end up in ocean, such as picnic benches, decks, picture frames. ..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | "Where does incineration rate on the list? " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "Via @maxliboiron -- thanks Max! Once plastics have been in the water for a while, they've both attracted new industrial chemicals (like the flame ..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | " Density is difficult to use. Many manufacturers use fillers like titanium dioxide as a filler. This will dramatically alter the density, dependin..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| maxliboiron | " @warren : The fluorescing plastics you mention are from specially designed lab plastics that floresce, so not related to polymer type or to everyd..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | " With PVC, as the plastic degrades, you get more and more conjugated double bonds. Hate to get chemical, but the where the plastic absorbs starts ..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "Actually I've seen @maxliboiron post pics of plastics inside of plankton, fluorescing, but I don't know that it would make plastic type identificat..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| warren | " You know, I think I remember someone trying this with #hyperspectral imaging. " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| warren | " #babylegs is the link... Thanks! " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| Ag8n | " Check the "baby legs" projects on microparticles. It will give some background. My own experience was in medical plastics industry. We routinely ..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| maxliboiron | " Yes-- this is the same process. The issue with washing machines, as Eucastic above points out, is that there is a force to the water that a simple..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
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| warren | " Hiiii!!!!! Could be related to: https://publiclab.org/questions/warren/10-29-2018/could-the-babylegs-diy-trawl-be-used-to-collect-microplastics-in..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| eustatic | " Here https://www.rivendellvillage.org/Toolbox_For_Sustainable_City_Living.pdf " | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| eustatic | " Seems like it would work, except that the force of the water coming out of the machine would destroy the filter material or backflow in an undesir..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| hikinghack | "Would the amount of stuff collected by putting a nylon on my washer outweigh the amount it might contribute. I wonder how long it would last before..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| maxliboiron | "Hi Jeff, Yes! You can rig up a hacked BabyLegs to work at the start or end of pipes, from spitting to sinks to dryer vents to sewage outfalls. Real..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| pdhixenbaugh | "For example, one hour is pretty tight. If you introduced and started building the coqui one lesson, and finished building and tested water sources ..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| pdhixenbaugh | "+1 for the coqui! I just adapted it for a 2h lesson with 14-17 yr olds. I think it could work well with 6 graders provided you had enough time to g..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| Bronwen | "Hi @Kmckeown -- your seminars sound great! I think that the microscopes and Babylegs would be a great fit for something like this.The 3D printer an..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago |