Wearable Wine: I found this intriguing: A Canadian
manufacturer and a Philadelphia-based PET supplier have
teamed up to create a technology that
recycles plastic wine bottles into clothing such as fleece
jackets and T-shirts.
Imagine: "I like your jacket! Is it new? Fleece, right?
And the bouquet! Flowery yet brooding, with a shimmery
fruitiness, and ... do I detect a hint of spicy oak? ..."
Hot Metal: If you have anything made of copper
lying around, youīd be wise to tie it down. Stories like
this are cropping up everywhere. Copper is
selling for a pretty penny these days -- about $3.40 a
pound, it says
here -- with recent price spikes being driven
by demand fueled mainly by rapid economic growth in China
and India.
Shocker, I know. As if there are any economic trends
right now not being fueled by rapid growth in China
and India. Insert your favorite snide remark about an
800-pound Asian gorilla devouring the Earth here.
Imagine -- A World Without Sweat: Whew, it sure
has been getting hot out, hasnīt it? (Funny how it tends to
do that this time of year.) Hmm -- would you say itīs more
the heat, or the humidity? Ah, the eternal question.
Anyway, you know what this warming trend means, Chicken
Little fans. The world is ending! The world is ending!
...
Never fear. Our intrepid president is all over this pesky
climate change predicament we seem to be mired in. The
Onion, our favorite outlet for fictional news,
reports that President Bush has proposed
constructing a giant national air conditioner by 2015.
Everyone in North Dakota will have to find a new place to
live, but thatīs a small price to pay in return for saving
humanity from extinction, no?
Pete Fehrenbach is managing editor of Waste News.
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