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I just bought 5 new Prusa i3 MK3 and I print lots of ABS and PETG parts, am I contributed to the plastic problem? Over last 1 month, I ended up using roughly 2
by gingabriska 7y ago
I just bought 5 new Prusa i3 MK3 and I print lots of ABS and PETG parts, am I contributed to the plastic problem?
Over last 1 month, I ended up using roughly 25KG of plastic.
- maccard 7y agoI don't know if this is a serious question or not, but I'll assume it is - You are. Unless you're printing medical parts or repair parts to be resold, that's an enormous amount of plastic. My entire weeks worth of packaging recycling is probably only 5% of that. That said, overall the amount is negligible compared to industrial food packaging, or industrial freight, and you'd have more of an impact by campaigning for change in those areas while waiting for your 3d printers to finish. At a certain point we're likely to enter a death by 1000 papercuts phase, and at that stage it would be irresponsible
- rlpb 7y agoIMHO, while in the short term using a 3D printer may mean more plastic parts everywhere and therefore more waste, in the long term you're promoting a world of Just In Time part production where it is needed, and that future world will produce less waste.
- Godel_unicode 7y agoYou're forgetting that just in time means a much lower barrier between desire and realization. This can lead to a significant increase in overall consumption.
- m4x 7y agoYou could use PLA more to reduce the impact. It's made from plant materials and is biodegradable - unfortunately it still needs to be composted correctly to fully break down, so almost all your parts will still end up contributing micro plastics to the environment.
- gaze 7y agoThat’s an enormous amount of plastic. Yes you are.