After the blaze: rescuing old firehoses from landfills

[ladycatherina]

Invented by the ancient Greeks, the firehose represents an essential part of historical and modern lifesaving equipment. However, old hoses decay very slowly in landfills, as the woven polyester and nylon fabrics take awhile to break down

Comments

[ext_1282957]

Very interesting.

[sunlit_music]

Fascinating! :) I never knew that old fire hoses could be used for so many helpful things.

[bohemianvegan]

I never knew firehoses were invented by the Greeks in ancient times. That's interesting.