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Biodegradable Sneakers Sprout Flowers When Planted
Zothecula writes "People may joke about their dirty old sneakers turning into science projects or mini ecosystems, but once OAT Shoes' compostable sneakers become commercially available within the next several weeks ... let's just say, those same people may no longer be joking when they make those kind of statements. Made using hemp, cork, bio-cotton, certified biodegradable plastics, chlorine-free bleach and other nontoxic materials, the shoes are designed to completely break down when buried in the ground – the first batch will even come with seeds in their tongues, so that wildflowers will sprout up in commemoration of users' planted, expired kicks."
Fungi fun guy paul stamets has invented and sells a cardboard box then when planted first grows a crop of mushrooms, then old growth forest trees.
http://www.lifeboxcompany.com/
Hemp grown for fiber does not contain enough THC to get a fly high.
Someone wanna explain that to the Government, or are we just going to continue to deforest ourselves right out of existence because lawmakers are too fucking stupid to know the difference between hemp and weed?
Damn, I hate it when my sig speaks so loudly...
Packaged with seeds in the tongue doesn't sound too promising either.
People wash sneakers. (Well, ok, Moms wash sneakers). And it rains.
I'm not sure walking around with feet looking like a Chia Pet is going to be that big of a fashion statement.
Still there is a wide variety of what people consider biodegradable. Rock is biodegradable. Years ago
several grocery chains came out with biodegradable plastic bags which they claimed would be degraded by sunlight.
Stapled to the side of my house, they showed not the slightest sign of weathering or degrading for
5 years till my wife made me take them down.
Out of sight out of mind. But how long in the ground?
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