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[Arvestaked]

http://www.cottonfrombluetogreen.org/

This organization turns donated denim into house insulation. Pretty cool.

[Arpa]

This post is best suited in the topic of Comedistan.
Yea, yea! Now that we have exhausted every source, what will be next?
Donate your kakot vartiks?
And, in the meantime what will happen to all those cotton farmers?
Do they proceed to grow poppies like in Afghanistan?
http://timm84.files....ields_11782.jpg

Edited by ArpA, 02 July 2009 - 12:51 PM.

[Arvestaked]

This post is best suited in the topic of Comedistan.
Yea, yea! Now that we have exhausted every source, what will be next?
Donate your kakot vartiks?
And, in the meantime what will happen to all those cotton farmers?
Do they proceed to grow poppies like in Afghanistan?
http://timm84.files....ields_11782.jpg

The cotton farmers haven't really been supplying the insulation industry with cotton. The most popular form of insulation is probably still fiberglass. (There is insulation made of recycled paper as well.) The cotton thing is a new development. So it would make no impact on the cotton industry, unless companies start moving to cotton insulation independently which would increase the demand for cotton. And people would still be buying jeans. So your point is invalid.

It's funny that you should mention dirty underwear. I was watching "Dirty Jobs" one day and there is a company somewhere that delivers special towels to use as baby diapers. They then pick up the dirty towels, clean them thoroughly, and deliver them again.

[DominO]

The cotton farmers haven't really been supplying the insulation industry with cotton. The most popular form of insulation is probably still fiberglass. (There is insulation made of recycled paper as well.) The cotton thing is a new development. So it would make no impact on the cotton industry, unless companies start moving to cotton insulation independently which would increase the demand for cotton. And people would still be buying jeans. So your point is invalid.

It's funny that you should mention dirty underwear. I was watching "Dirty Jobs" one day and there is a company somewhere that delivers special towels to use as baby diapers. They then pick up the dirty towels, clean them thoroughly, and deliver them again.

I compleatly agree, it's a new type of insulation still far from being popular to be of any threat, only Jeans seems to have resisted the 'hybrid' cotton+plastic replacement it's a good load of cottons worthy to be recycled and too much treated so 'recycling' makes it difficult, so insultation is a very good idea. It's a new industry can't be a threat to anyone.