Sewed chip bags to make solar curtains before summer hits
Posted Apr 7, 2019, 7:21 PM UTC
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Kettle jalapeño chips are amazing.
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I'm astonished at how many people think being zero waste is thinking "Now that I have this waste, how can I use it so it doesn't count like I'm throwing it away".... Zero waste should be about avoiding the creation of said waste to begin with in my opinion....
Nice curtains though, pretty sure you won't see the same kind in anyone else's house.
I mean, these are chip bags from over the last ~4 years that we've lived with no trashcan. They were originally going to be bound to terracycle, but figured that chip bags have the reflective properties that would be perfect for curtains. We do all the standard things like shopping bulk, farmers markets, etc - but these things build up with people coming over for parties, drunk nights, family that does not respect our trash-less-ness, etc.
In general, yeah I agree - but wholesale avoiding waste while living in cities is impossible, since we don't live in the much vaunted "circular economy."
What did you need them to be reflective for? Btw i agree with everything that you said. also the family part pisses me off. i would want to tell them to take their trash with them
srs tho on the family.
By being reflective, they work like blackout curtains, which prevents the heat caused by light. The goal is to live air-conditioner-less, since they are a ridiculously large energy sink.
zero-waste does not mean living like a hobo. If I saw this on someone's window near me I'd be thinking it was a squat.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ can't account for personal taste, but I'm not fond of this poverty-shaming. We must not forget that the climate crisis is really a result of wealthy nations and wealthy people.