One step after another 🙏🏼♻️🫶🏽

That’s sweet of you to say, Vinny 😘 sending a big hug ur way!

Thanks for ur feedback! You mean earrings in the shape of a mountain? What mountain were u thinking of? Anyone in particular?

@@WhiteSpotPirates well most people know the shape no one knows that translation weather it’s like flat or has some other polygons idea.. and then is it transparent or what… I think cute might be three triangles on top of each other maybe… 🍀

…also the C60.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpCmfZumbLKUgZYsi=TXxjOwvYHMi4pVUE

Yeah, trash infrastructure is a pretty messy topic in most countries in Central America 😬. The areas with tourists usually get cleaned up fairly well but outside of that there is no direct advantage / money in doing so, so…..

Thx! It need some serious improvement, but it’s a first mock up ☺️

That is really sweet of you to say, thank you! I hope that I will also be able to combine both in the future 🙏🏼

That is a good question. Some of the workshops we give - especially the jewelry ones - are structured in a way that people who attend can very easily replicate the production at a very low investment cost (sometimes even zero if things already exist in the household). For making jewelry , a sandwich maker or an iron can be used for example. If we see that there is serious interest but no funding, then we help with funding those basics. The great thing about starting off with jewelry is that it’s a low investment entry, the products are usually easily sold and that way, they can see at an early stage that they can make money with their recycling activities. Then they can step by step widen / enlarge their business- if desired. We also help build / fund an entire workspace if we see that a place has a lot of potential. You will see more about that in the next episode ☺️♻️👍

Thank you Christine!

Thank you! 🙏🏼

Yessssss 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

You are very welcome!

Danke für das Feedback! 👍

Thanks Rick!

Thanks for ur feedback: Which one would you recommend? Mixing with fiber: as far as I understand, this would eliminate the possibility of further recycling, though, wouldn’t it?

Sunlight, UV, is plastic's worst enemy. UV damage is what you see on beach plastic - crumbling, fractures, brittleness. A viable plastic roofing shingle would require a durable UV resistant coating. It quickly becomes cost prohibitive, I imagine.

@@inironsyeah I have been wondering about that, too. I do see large beams being made from recycled plastic (more industrially) and they use them for construction, fences and floors (outdoors) and I always wonder about UV resistance and also microplastic from walking on a plastic floor…so far, we have mostly made inside stuff and have not tested for UV durability. Only thing I can say: I made some carabiners and clipped something on my boat with it and it was in the sun for…maybe two months…and broke 😬 so that’s as far as my testing has gone 😂

I can see how it seems futile in the face of the vastness of the problem. However, if you take a look at the bigger picture: the precious plastic movement started some years ago and there are thousands of small scale recylcing businesses that popped up across the globe since then and I very much do believe that this decentralized recycling infrastructure is making a difference. Especially for the people in the area. Maybe google “precious plastic map” to take a look at how many there are already. And I am sure there are many more that are not registered here. Just as an example: the workspace we set up in Chipas (next episode) was at a coffee farm and they want to help replicate this system on other farms. So step by step, things are advancing. Big industrial solutions are important but it take a lot of investment and time to build those. Small decentralized solutions are a lot easier to set up and replicate. I do agree, though, that overall, we need to turn off the tap and produce less and take more sustainable choices. But the mess we made still needs to be cleaned up 🤷🏼‍♀️ Maybe view it like a snowball system. Might seem small in the beginning but can grow bigger and bigger over time ♻️🙌🏽♻️

Gracias amigo!

Yeah, that would be lovely if the ocean spat everything back out. Unfortunately that’s not quite the case 😬 but i guess u were not being tooooo serious about that 😋

Ahhh safety is totally overrated! 🥴😂

Definitely slightly outside the norm 😂. Comes with its own challenges but mainly feeling very grateful that I am able to live the life I live

Thanks Craig, see you next week!

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One step after another ♻️🙌🏽♻️

It’s definitely one way to make change happen 🫶🏽

The rub rail u mean? Interesting…I like ur thinking.

😂 those machines are Austrian, but yeah 😋

Awesome! Happy to hear u enjoyed the video!

gracias amigooooo. Espero que todo este bien ahá en Agentina. Saludooooos