Comments on: Durabook! http://eco-chick.com/2006/10/16/durabook/ Because Mother Earth Is A Woman Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: julie http://eco-chick.com/2006/10/16/durabook/#comment-96109 julie Fri, 25 May 2007 18:24:18 +0000 http://www.eco-chick.com/?p=541#comment-96109 If you read the book, Cradle to Cradle, the authors describe what the book is made of...they are recommending an entirely new way of manufacturing that does not produce waste. Hence the title. Their idea is that we stop thinking of material things as having a finite life but rather an infinite one. Read the book! It is such food for thought. If all books were manufactured in this way, no book would ever be thrown into a paper recycling bin... If you read the book, Cradle to Cradle, the authors describe what the book is made of…they are recommending an entirely new way of manufacturing that does not produce waste. Hence the title. Their idea is that we stop thinking of material things as having a finite life but rather an infinite one. Read the book! It is such food for thought.
If all books were manufactured in this way, no book would ever be thrown into a paper recycling bin…

]]> By: Starre http://eco-chick.com/2006/10/16/durabook/#comment-24093 Starre Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:48:23 +0000 http://www.eco-chick.com/?p=541#comment-24093 Yeah, I think e-books are the best bet, except for tomes that you absolutely must own, because they have specific meaning for you. I think printed books will always have their place, but only great books will be made from trees eventually. The rest of the crap out there will take up only gigabytes.... On the other hand, I have some of my great-grandmother's books, and i wouldn't trade them for anything. I love that I own some classics that she read, maybe on her boat trips back and forth across the Atlantic... Yeah, I think e-books are the best bet, except for tomes that you absolutely must own, because they have specific meaning for you. I think printed books will always have their place, but only great books will be made from trees eventually. The rest of the crap out there will take up only gigabytes….

On the other hand, I have some of my great-grandmother’s books, and i wouldn’t trade them for anything. I love that I own some classics that she read, maybe on her boat trips back and forth across the Atlantic…

]]> By: MH http://eco-chick.com/2006/10/16/durabook/#comment-23851 MH Sat, 21 Oct 2006 23:55:41 +0000 http://www.eco-chick.com/?p=541#comment-23851 Very interesting. I am a children's author/illustrator and my latest books are all about the environment and how children can help Mother Nature. I also think ebooks could be a great way forward. Very interesting. I am a children’s author/illustrator and my latest books are all about the environment and how children can help Mother Nature. I also think ebooks could be a great way forward.

]]> By: Kian http://eco-chick.com/2006/10/16/durabook/#comment-23601 Kian Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:00:44 +0000 http://www.eco-chick.com/?p=541#comment-23601 dreck i e-mailed the company to try and find out what the books are made out of exactly but they never got back to me, so I can't really answer your comment intelligently because I just don't have the information to do so. dreck i e-mailed the company to try and find out what the books are made out of exactly but they never got back to me, so I can’t really answer your comment intelligently because I just don’t have the information to do so.

]]> By: dreck http://eco-chick.com/2006/10/16/durabook/#comment-23154 dreck Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:58:19 +0000 http://www.eco-chick.com/?p=541#comment-23154 Erm ... aren't baths a waste of water? Besides that, plastic is plastic -- it requires petroleum to produce, and nowhere on their site is it said that this material is biodegradable (as paper is). It requires another production process (which in turn draws power) to "melt down and reuse". As someone pointed out in Ecogeek's comments, "indestructible" means if it's landfilled it's not going away. Also, given that most chemicals are not tested by any regulatory agency for toxicity (MSDSs are written by the manufacturers themselves) who says these synthetic substances are safe? I can't find the ingredients list anywhere, so I can't check. Erm … aren’t baths a waste of water?

Besides that, plastic is plastic — it requires petroleum to produce, and nowhere on their site is it said that this material is biodegradable (as paper is). It requires another production process (which in turn draws power) to “melt down and reuse”.

As someone pointed out in Ecogeek’s comments, “indestructible” means if it’s landfilled it’s not going away.

Also, given that most chemicals are not tested by any regulatory agency for toxicity (MSDSs are written by the manufacturers themselves) who says these synthetic substances are safe? I can’t find the ingredients list anywhere, so I can’t check.

]]> By: Starre http://eco-chick.com/2006/10/16/durabook/#comment-22832 Starre Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:16:32 +0000 http://www.eco-chick.com/?p=541#comment-22832 Do people actually recycle (throw away) books? I suppose it must happen, but that's so sad! I like to imagine all the books that have ever been published in some great library sale table in the sky. Do people actually recycle (throw away) books? I suppose it must happen, but that’s so sad! I like to imagine all the books that have ever been published in some great library sale table in the sky.

]]> By: Remy Chevalier http://eco-chick.com/2006/10/16/durabook/#comment-22810 Remy Chevalier Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:21:45 +0000 http://www.eco-chick.com/?p=541#comment-22810 the problem with this one, is that if it gets in the recycled paper stream, it gums up the machinery... companies like hp are using plastic paper for packaging, but if it gets mixed in with paper, the paper recycling companies are going to have a hard time of it... it needs to be better marked that the paper is not paper, so people dispose of it appropriately... right now it isn't... people can't tell the difference. i have not read an article about this from the recycling industry... it's not a problem yet because there's so little of it out there... but give it a few months... the problem with this one, is that if it gets in the recycled paper stream, it gums up the machinery… companies like hp are using plastic paper for packaging, but if it gets mixed in with paper, the paper recycling companies are going to have a hard time of it… it needs to be better marked that the paper is not paper, so people dispose of it appropriately… right now it isn’t… people can’t tell the difference. i have not read an article about this from the recycling industry… it’s not a problem yet because there’s so little of it out there… but give it a few months…

]]> By: Socialpyramid http://eco-chick.com/2006/10/16/durabook/#comment-22616 Socialpyramid Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:24:24 +0000 http://www.eco-chick.com/?p=541#comment-22616 Makes sense. Scuba divers have taken advantage of plastic pages for years. I've always thought paper is way too fragile around moisture... which is everywhere! Although paper lasts a lot longer than film stock. Makes sense. Scuba divers have taken advantage of plastic pages for years. I’ve always thought paper is way too fragile around moisture… which is everywhere! Although paper lasts a lot longer than film stock.

]]> By: Kian http://eco-chick.com/2006/10/16/durabook/#comment-22557 Kian Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:37:00 +0000 http://www.eco-chick.com/?p=541#comment-22557 I know!! SO many books are in the worst shape ever... Oooh, but its so worth it for that hour of relaxation and complete block off from the rest of the world. I heard that if you suck on an ice cube before getting it, the water will feel warmer longer! I know!! SO many books are in the worst shape ever… Oooh, but its so worth it for that hour of relaxation and complete block off from the rest of the world.

I heard that if you suck on an ice cube before getting it, the water will feel warmer longer!

]]> By: Starre http://eco-chick.com/2006/10/16/durabook/#comment-22549 Starre Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:31:08 +0000 http://www.eco-chick.com/?p=541#comment-22549 That is so me, reading in the tub....what could be better? Water, aromatherapy and a good book....mmmmmmm. Many of my books are def. water damaged because of it. That is so me, reading in the tub….what could be better? Water, aromatherapy and a good book….mmmmmmm. Many of my books are def. water damaged because of it.

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