Lee_M
Guru
I have no problem with that either. More power to his elbow.
I was merely responding to the claim that getting marketing is hard in a humourous way
Except most people on here these days dont seem to have a sense of humour anymore
Laura Zabo - Upcycled belts and accessories from reused bike tyres (15% discount)
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I have no problem with that either. More power to his elbow.
I was merely responding to the claim that getting marketing is hard in a humourous way
Except most people on here these days dont seem to have a sense of humour anymore
djb1971
Legendary Member
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- Far Far Away
Great stuff Laura.
Keep up the good work. Don't get downhearted, you won't please all of the people all of the time.
It's nice to see people making a future for themselves. Hope it takes off like a rocket for you
Keep up the good work. Don't get downhearted, you won't please all of the people all of the time.
It's nice to see people making a future for themselves. Hope it takes off like a rocket for you
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
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- You want hills? We got hills
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
I made a guitar strap from an old bike tyre... looks great but i need to put some sort of backing on it because the rubber has no 'slip' and as a strap, it's not that comfortable. Laura's don't look like they have anything on the back either, so they may not be that good.
e-rider
crappy member
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sure recycling is 'enviornmentally friendly' as these are marketed to 'eco' people, but making the rubber in the first place is extremely damaging to the environment - was that forgotten?
Sheffield_Tiger
Guru
Isn't that the point, though? To recycle as a priority those materials that cause the most harm in manufacture by getting the most use out of them, repurposing after their primary lifespan in over. And we all use rubber tyres - if you want to go back to wooden wheels with an iron strip nailed to them, don't let me stop you.
Just make sure to use sustainable wood from a managed forest
OP
OP
Nope, definitely free - on account of the hundreds of hours of service given to CC by the member I'm advertising it for.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Full of children, that London. They move out to the civilised country when they grow up, if they can afford itIt says "Made in London" so I wouldn't be so sure
e-rider
crappy member
- Location
- South West
I'm happy to use rubber, and I'm all for recycling - the point I'm making is that the marketing for these is pushed very hard from an 'eco' perspectve, which seemed silly for a product made of rubber, that does so much dmaageIsn't that the point, though? To recycle as a priority those materials that cause the most harm in manufacture by getting the most use out of them, repurposing after their primary lifespan in over. And we all use rubber tyres - if you want to go back to wooden wheels with an iron strip nailed to them, don't let me stop you.
Just make sure to use sustainable wood from a managed forest
Tanis8472
Guru
The Maasai have been doing those for years
jefmcg
Guru
Yeah, I thought you'd have said if you were taking a cut. But obviously you had some personal interest.Nope, definitely free - on account of the hundreds of hours of service given to CC by the member I'm advertising it for.
jefmcg
Guru
But the damage has already been done, the tyres would be in land fill otherwise.
If her business is so successful that she ends up using more tyres than are being thrown away, and she starts manufacturing them to turn into belts, then she'd stop being green.
Bang on
recycling
Active Member
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- North somerset
Thanks very much.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Would they? Bike (and motor vehicle) tyres are collected separately at the household waste recycling centre, so I hoped they were having their steel beads stripped and the rest recycled like the council website says... but turning them into belts and accessories would probably use less energy.
