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Sources: Elhacham et al. (2020), Hackney et al. (2021), UNEP (2022)

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[–] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In case you don't know, desert sand is very smooth, which means that it doesn't bind at all in e.g. concrete. For cement, concrete etc., you need sharp sand, which has more 'sharp' bits for things to bind to.

[–] Willy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Easy. Just put the desert sand in a magic bullet to make more edges.

[–] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Bake it, then crush it? I guess it's just easier to pick it up as long as there's some laying around.