If youve been to Metro Manila, i doubt you havent seen a tarpaulin. Just look at those big billboards along EDSA. And how about those smallers ones hung on lampposts?
The tarpaulin business has been booming the last few years. From 30/sqft printing on tarpaulin, they've gone down to 12/sqft due to the cutthroat competition. But that's a sign of a good economy right? Well, that's if you dont friggin care about the environment.
I've been wondering for a while. Where do all those tarpaulins go? They're not biodegradable right? A lot might go to recycling centers, so they can make them into bags and such. And still, those aren't gonna decompose when you throw them out. So do you burn them? Is it safe for me to assume that going that way will release toxic fumes into the atmosphere? Because my lungs would voice it's protest if it had lips.
So if that's the case, why are we using them? Because it's cheap and durable. But cant we use cheap and durable materials that are biodegradable? How about katcha? Theyre made of cloth right? And cloth is biodegradable. And they're durable too, arent they? Even for a while. It's not as if you're gonna put up a billboard and let it stay there for years.
Aren't those old movie billboards from years back painted on katcha? I've no idea. But i do think that katcha is biodegradable, and better if you can use water based pigments on them. If they can put colorful pictures on clothes, im sure you can put them on katcha.
The government should do something about it. Using katcha will probably help the local communities. We'll be stirring up the local economy by getting these materials within the country. All we need are printing machines that can print on them. We can probably have the DOST figure that out or some of our enterprising inventors.
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