It has been a while since my last post but a lot of progress has been made concerning the research behind the impacts and uses of plastic. I have developed a number of questions dealing with the use and disposal of different types of post consumer plastics. Some of the things I have looked into are dealing with carpet and how much is wasted per year. Surprisingly, it is over 5 billion pounds of carpet that is thrown out each year. That is a lot more then I had expected plus the fact that 60% of that is for replacement. Where does all that carpet go? Landfills? Create fuel? Rural studio, in Alabama, used carpet to create walls of a house. When I saw this, I thought of it as a step in the right direction and started to look into ways to automatize the process.

Presentation of our process so far for the Plastic Nation studio on Monday. Should be interesting.