[Greenbuilding] green building and plastics and PEX discussions

[Chris Green]

Lawrence Lile said:
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>
> I worked in a plastics factory for a while. My job was to clean up
> their hazardous waste stream, and get us off of the front page of the
> papers for being "bad guys". These factories are not faceless
> behemoths, they are staffed with real people that care about the world,
> and most of those people are trying to do the right thing, like Nitya.
> We tend to write them off as polluters that resist change. Yet they
> could be our most powerful allies, changing a historically polluting
> industry into a greener industry. The Plastics industry thrives on
> innovation and creativity, They come up with the most amazing new
> products every day,and they would love to come up with more stuff that
> we Green builders need. If we paint them as "bad guys", the
> conversation is pretty much over. The Construction industry itself has
> been responsible for more damage to the environment than anyone can
> count. We're the "bad guys", too. If we realize that they are, in many
> cases, eager to make their industry Greener, and need our positive
> input, the conversation starts fresh. 
>
>   

I sense that your underlying belief here is that 'we' should open up a 
dialogue with the plastics industry.

If so, I think you're right.  It certainly can't hurt  to  approach  
them and say  'this is what we need and what we want."  It might 
accomplish something.

The same can be said for meeting with the concrete industry, and so-on.

Chris Green.