Comments on: Xeros invented the (almost) waterless washing machine http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/06/12/xeros-invented-the-almost-waterless-washing-machine/ Technology news Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:00:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chilligreen http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/06/12/xeros-invented-the-almost-waterless-washing-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-101136 Chilligreen Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:23:08 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/06/12/xeros-invented-the-almost-waterless-washing-machine/#comment-101136 I am pretty sure the reports of using a 20kg load of plastic chips per wash are probably false or misquoted and this figure is now widely used. The Leeds University staff paper quotes that a handful of chips are used per wash: http://reporter.leeds.ac.uk/534/sa.htm Possibly the machines plastic chip hopper would hold 20kg, but not use them all in one wash. A bag of cement weighs about 25kg, you would need a very robust machine to handle 20kg of plastic rotating in a drum. I am pretty sure the reports of using a 20kg load of plastic chips per wash are probably false or misquoted and this figure is now widely used.
The Leeds University staff paper quotes that a handful of chips are used per wash:

http://reporter.leeds.ac.uk/534/sa.htm

Possibly the machines plastic chip hopper would hold 20kg, but not use them all in one wash.
A bag of cement weighs about 25kg, you would need a very robust machine to handle 20kg of plastic rotating in a drum.

]]> By: 4th guy http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/06/12/xeros-invented-the-almost-waterless-washing-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-100809 4th guy Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:52:53 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/06/12/xeros-invented-the-almost-waterless-washing-machine/#comment-100809 What happens to the plastic chips after they've been used up? Can they be recycled? What happens to the plastic chips after they’ve been used up? Can they be recycled?

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