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We’re gonna need a bigger compost heap !
could we have a deposit system, you get 50p back when you hand your used test in, way easier than an app.
This has already been used for Corona!
https://youtu.be/nue8j_52M6Q
I'll get my coat.
Govts clearly don’t care about the long term impact, they want a way out of this mess and if that involves using a few billion more bits of plastic, so be it. No one is on a high horse, I think it’d be great if they could use a compostable case, but if they can’t - whatever, the main thing is that I become exceedingly rich.
This has been discussed before. Throwing away a test you’ve spat all over is no different to chucking away the phlegm filled tissues or anything else anyone with Covid touches. The govt have already provided advice. Double bag it and leave it a few days before disposing of it the same way as anything else. All this talk of viral inactivation for an at home test is utter nonsense when those infected have been sat for days spraying the inside of their house with the virus.
Personally, I’m hoping they have been working with Abingdon to use their compostable casings. Even if they end up being incinerated, at least it’ll be less damaging. It’s a bit late to have concerns about single use plastics - there have been billions of disposable PPE created and billions more to come. At least this could be one thing that could help reduce producing millions (ideally billions) of plastic LFDs.
And IndyNial has probably upset Sir Al
Being from Wetherby there's a good chance he's a Leeds supporter
At the risk of a cross-ramp (I think I’m safe because nobody can even contemplate another share at the moment but....) there is a solution on its way. Powerhouse Energy turns waste plastic into electrical power and hydrogen.
https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/LON:PHE/Powerhouse-Energy-Group-PLC/
Surely we can’t rely on Sir Al to solve ALL the world’s problems!
PL75: your Abingdon example is fine so far as it relates to a one-off test that a reasonably intelligent user completes without supervision. But we're not talking about an infrequent test, eg: pregnancy test which involves a comparatively small section of the female - sorry - 'people who menstruate' population. We're talking about a test that virtually every living person, young and old, male and female, gender neutral and trans (don't forget the trans - never forget the trans) will be carrying out with such frequency it will become as second nature as wiping your ar se. And in that case, unlike your Abingdon health example, it won't be remotely 'optional' to offer a 'plastic-free' device just to assuage the odd tree hugger.
If I've understood you and other square-jawed Avacta ultras correctly our test is going to be as ubiquitous as bog roll. Literally. It has to be.
So like bog roll it has be flushable. I can't see how it can be readily / safely disposed of any other way particularly by lazy dimwads like Leeds supporters who don't give a hoot about giant turtles or the environment. And if it isn't flushable then whatever it is it cannot involve a plastic cassette. We'd be buried in em within a month!
And what at an extraordinary challenge all this presents Sir Al.
No wonder he's been schtum.
Where's Caractacus when you need him.
Toot sweets. Toot sweets.
Indy
I think China stopped or reduced waste imports. This was discussed on the webinar in June that it was a design consideration.
Indy I think your concerns are valid. I have been reliably informed that the companies involved are cogniscent of the issue.
I cannot say more but perhaps any delay may be to them trying to resolve this issue
https://www.abingdonhealth.com/compostable-lateral-flow-housings-now-available/
strips are not a problem just send em to China with all the other waste plastic
I'm so loathed to part with a single Avacta share that I'm starting to have bouts of complete seriousness.
Thankfully they soon pass but during the latest spasm something serious occurred to me - if the sheer number of saliva tests required to meet demand are anything like the numbers mooted by our Avacta Ultras surely this presents an issue of disposability? Ergo, could at least some of the delay account for having to design, redesign, re-redesign a product that is, for example, flushable? Or at least has the absolute bear minimum of non biodegradable / non recyclable materials?
Curiouser and curiouser
Indy