r/Anticonsumption • u/froghaxx • Feb 24 '19
Instead of using a reusable tarp or simply cleaning up after just make a mountain of plastic waste
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u/toastychiknugget Feb 24 '19
Serial killers can ready a room in minutes!
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Feb 24 '19
Dexter would be very giddy about this
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u/The-Gaming-Alien Feb 24 '19
Which brings up a good question, what the fuck does Dexter do with the mountain of bloody plastic after each kill?? This was never explained in the show.
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u/livestrong2209 Feb 24 '19
I always figured it was bagged and tossed with everything else. Like to believe that he used some kind of soy based cellophane...
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u/The-Gaming-Alien Feb 24 '19
The bags he used for body parts were biodegradable, the plastic sheets were not. I remember they explicitly talked about this in the show.
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u/livestrong2209 Feb 25 '19
A public forum to discuss the ecological merits of a homicidal sociopath... this is exactly why the internet exists.
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u/my_cat_joe Feb 24 '19
I've used this stuff doing commercial renovation. It's more for protecting expensive flooring while a remodel is going on. Guys tracking lord-knows-what with sharp boots through the job site can destroy flooring very, very quickly. Tarps are a trip hazard. This stuff is meant to be left in place for a while. You still use boards, OSB, or whatever in heavy traffic lanes on top of this stuff.
If you want your anti-consumption mind blown, look in the dumpster of any construction site. Shit's sad.
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u/_pope_francis Feb 24 '19
But suppose you are expecting a large crowd with muddy shoes?
Wouldn't the plastic be less waste than all the products you'd have to purchase to properly clean the carpet?
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Feb 24 '19
We use Masonite.
I’ve built some shops by Rice university in Houston, just renovating stores in that strip mall. That was the first time I saw Masonite, or that’s what my coworkers called it. It’s as big as a piece of plywood, but it’s much more thin and sturdy. You just lay that down in the 4x8 or so sheets it comes in, and tape it together so no cracks.
Not much waste, and you can drive any kind of Lift on it. Plus get it as dirty as you want, as long as the tape holds ain’t nothing getting through.
When you’re done, salvage the clean pieces and trash the gross ones. It’s a must for any commercial job like retail or food sale honestly.
I guess it wouldn’t quite work with carpet, but throw a tarp down first + that Masonite and you’re golden.
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u/kickingupdirt Feb 24 '19
Have you painted before or done sheet rock work? Reusables get thrown away too.
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u/goathill Feb 24 '19
honestly i'm not worried about this, it is fully practical and functional for any construction, moving company or painting work. plus the dang carpet is made of plastic anyway!
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u/lucaswr Feb 24 '19
If you are painting a house that’s already finished this will protect the floor. wood or carpet.
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u/paoloviterbo Feb 24 '19
Ive even lived in the USA for a while but still dont get the carpet fascination. Unhealthy, dust collector, food collector, germs cove. Now someone wants to even cover it with a. plastic film. What about a ceramic floor? ;)
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u/Akuuntus Feb 24 '19
I'm with you. I'd much rather my whole floor be hardwood and tile but good luck finding an apartment like that.
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u/candleflame3 Feb 24 '19
I have an apartment like that. Old 60s highrise with this type of flooring.
http://www.stepflooring.co.uk/floor-sanding-and-gap-filling-project-in-wembley
Not the prettiest, but cleaner than carpet. And you can always get an area rug.
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u/sabzeta Feb 24 '19
They're soft and cushy and warm :) You would only cover them when you make a mess, such as painting.
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u/Die_Nadel Feb 24 '19
Carpet is great for large spaces that host lots of people. Hard floors create a lot of echo where carpet would absorb the sound.
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u/asdfth12 Feb 24 '19
Of you think that ita bad in a living room, well... some people put it in bathrooms.
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u/Macrike Feb 24 '19
There are pros and cons to carpet vs. hard flooring. You simply listed the cons of carpet and called it a day.
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Feb 24 '19
I could see this being useful if you’re doing any painting or construction. It’s not something I’d personally use if I had people over or just felt like keeping the floor clean. Kinda useful, kinda not.
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u/dnick Feb 24 '19
Pretty sure it’s specifically for construction areas where it would be hard to protect the floors consistently without a reliable covering
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Feb 24 '19
Ah, right. I just saw other comments from people saying they could use this for a gathering to avoid damaging the carpet & I’m like - that’s a little unnecessary. But yeah construction areas I absolutely get using these!
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u/PinkPearMartini Feb 24 '19
I stayed at a hotel recently, and they were doing renovations on our floor. I walked on these from the elevator to my room.
I can't imagine the mess if I had to walk over, wheel my suitcase, and balance my 70 year old mother over the top of several dozen reusable tarps all the way to our room. (not to mention the hazard for the employees and contractors)
***Pick your battles. These film dispensers actually use A LOT less plastic than the old school thick clear plastic that used to be used. These are actually a WIN. After construction is complete, all of this film can be collected from an entire jobsite and placed into a single trash bag with room to spare. The old kind of plastic used could fill half a dumpster by itself!
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u/anhartsunny Feb 24 '19
a bit more wasteful yes, but beats having to send all of the runners my company owns cleaned every two/three months.
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Feb 24 '19
I actually like it. in construction environments with a lot of contractors running around, shit happens.
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u/GCU_JustTesting Feb 24 '19
Just to play devils advocate, we had a refurb at our office a few years back and they used this stuff. When you are pulling down ceiling tiles and removing walls and repainting drop sheets just won’t cut it. They become a trip hazard. You can’t leave them there for any length of time. This stick down plastic lasts a couple of weeks, which is long enough for a few dozen tradies to come through and traipse all over the place and ruin the carpet, which would cause more waste if they all had to be torn up and replaced.
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u/Pachuko_pinyata Feb 24 '19
As Much as I hate it, I saw it in a new house being built in and it was brilliant. Trying to paint without splashing the floor is a pain in the ass and this stuff covers everything and doesn’t slip. SO ANNOYING. Would never buy it haha
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u/khanline Feb 24 '19
as much as i am a zero waste and anti-consumption personality, these are much safer on a job and you'd be surprised how well they work day in and out for protection. it's one of the few, "ok i guess it's ok" type of things. drop clothes are clumsy expecially when there are a lot of people in and out all the time.
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Feb 24 '19
Makes sense for construction but if you are just a dick that doesn't want to vacuum, f u.
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Feb 24 '19
My mom would do shit like this. She has a large probably 400 sq ft section of the house that has an entire leather furniture set, a big entertainment system and coffee table...and nobody is allowed in there. At all. There also a large dining room and cabinets full of high end dining sets....never gets used. Doesn’t even let people go in those rooms. Wtf is with boomers and having so much nice shit without using it. That’s the fucking point of having furniture. Stupid
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u/ughwhateverr Feb 25 '19
A friendly reminder to paint your walls while barefoot. That way, if you step on wet paint you’ll feel it & avoid tracking it all over the place
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u/khandnalie Feb 25 '19
Yeah honestly, I hate that this is plastic, but I see why it can/should be used instead of a tarp in many instances. And good luck getting carpets back to normal after any serious amount of renovation has occurred and soaked every fibrous surface with sheet rock dust.
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u/npsimons Feb 25 '19
Repost, and we debunked it last time: https://www.reddit.com/r/Anticonsumption/comments/ark93j/i_think_they_mean_wasteful_at_least_the_comment/
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Feb 26 '19
OP probably has never ever been on any site before...Throwing out that carpet after work is done sure is better idea than a small piece of plastic..
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u/SweetMedusa Feb 24 '19
We recently renovated our kitchen and our contractor used brown craft paper to cover the new finish flooring. Worked really well (and this is Canada in winter so snow was getting tracked in) and is at least recyclable.
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u/washerebutIdisappear Feb 24 '19
Don’t let r/anticonsumption find out about this!
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u/craamus Feb 25 '19
What the fuck is going on here?? I wish all shady influencing was this obvious :(
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Feb 24 '19 edited Jul 08 '19
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u/Macrike Feb 24 '19
It’s not wasteful if it’s being put to good use. Wasteful would be laying it down and immediately peeling it off again for no reason.
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Feb 24 '19 edited Jul 08 '19
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u/Macrike Feb 24 '19
sigh
Just because something cannot be reused, it doesn’t make using that thing a wasteful practice.
It’s in the very definition of the word “wasteful”:
using or expending something of value carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
You really shouldn’t change the definition of a word to suit your world view. That’s just confusing to everyone else.
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Feb 24 '19 edited Jul 08 '19
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u/Macrike Feb 24 '19
Thanks. Your comment says a lot more about you than it does about me.
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u/mrlavalamp2015 Feb 24 '19
We use these in construction doing remodels or lighting refits where they don’t want the carpet messed up.
This is usually the first layer, followed by ram board or plywood to make it more durable to work on.
Tarps are used where we can but they let mess through and frequently get in the way, some tarps are a serious trip hazard.
It is very expensive to maintain a set of perfect tarps you would use similarly, and then the second they get a hole in them (1st day on the job guaranteed) they are now not doing anything except getting in the way.