Comments on: New Washing Machine Uses Plastic Chips Instead of Water

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:28:16 +0000

We have alot of water issues with washing machine’s in the dairy industry going bad due to chemical corosion how can you help us!

Thanks, Kevin

By: mr right

mr right — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:58:33 +0000

i too am curious as to how this machine works. keep the new inventions coming…. We must get past our dependance on HORRIBLE polluting machines

By: Janina

Janina — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:14:15 +0000

Chicos/chicas de España, no estais teniendo en cuenta que producir plásticos tambien requiere agua, aparte de producir gases tóxicos.
De modo que el ahorro real de agua podría ser no tan grande.

Además, decir que preferis usar y tirar plástico en vez de ahorrar agua no es ver las cosas a la larga – vais a dejar que vuestros hijos o nietos “ya se ocupen” de toda la basura de plástico que este inventito podría causar?

Mejor intentad ser un poco más escépticos…

(Los biodiesels tambien sonaban geniales cuando salieron, y luego resultó que a cambio gente no puede comer. Hay que pensarse un poco mejor las cosas.)

By: Johm

Johm — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:19:06 +0000

Suprised nobody asked this question, but how would you remove the platic from the cloths after?….sounds like a mess of having to pick up thousands of plastic whatever they are on the floor after.

By: Christina

Christina — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:09:42 +0000

In addition to the disposal problem… how much energy does it take to make all those plastic chips in the first place? And what nasty, polluting processes are involved in doing it?

By: livepaths

livepaths — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:06:36 +0000

Very interesting.

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By: velvet350

velvet350 — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:13:08 +0000

There are a lot of unanswered questions when it comes to this machine. Either they intentionally left out the information or they jumped the gun when revealing their invention.

Something seems wishy washy with this washing machine story.

By: MayanMaster

MayanMaster — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:57:14 +0000

I’m totally intrigued on how this machine works. Sound fantastic!, little water for the same? great!

By: James

James — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:43:43 +0000

sorry by 44 lbs of plastic chips (small bits) being thrown away into the environment every 6 months, per household is probably worse than all the water used in traditional washing . Unless this plastic is easily recyclable then this invention makes no sense. Plus even if it is recyclable, most people will simply throw it in the garbage. The “Great Pacific Garbage patch ” is the size of Africa already. This area is littered with millions of tones of plastics that don’t biodegrade. Sorry but more plastic is not the answer, make the stuff from corn so at least it would decompose over time.

By: ircarren

ircarren — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:11:26 +0000

I think how tonio.

In Spain (Europe) we have an important problem with the needed of water. Before this weather days (with lots of rain) we have a very seriosly problem and several restrictions in many regions.

In our region/country the save of water is (possibly) more important than 20kg of plastic. So the viability in my region (over environment contamination) I supose is most than other regions. But we don’t know (or I didn’t see) yet how it works or the reaction of the population about new-style washing machines.

(Sorry for my English)