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Wow awesome idea. How many rolls do you produce a day? How about recycling plastic waste ground on the beach?

• econcon 6y ago
  I make 15-20 rolls a day. I'll be adding few more extruders soon - waiting for shipping of additional parts to start building new machines on weekend. Well, picking up beach plastic is too much work - I am not that involved, I need easy automated work haha. There are already companies who pick and sort, shred and wash plastic for you and even convert it into granules - so it's much better to give them more business so the are able to pick more of the waste.
• dh-g 6y ago
  Recycling plastic is hard because it will be degraded to various levels, will be of different plastic types, will be dirty, will have custom additives, etc. If you are interested in plastic recycling: https://preciousplastic.com/ https://preciousplastic.com/
  • econcon 6y ago
    We need more research into it I guess also see: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/greek-researchers-determine-the-effect-of-recycling-on-abs-filament-171938/ https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/greek-researchers-determ... Here they report improved ABS properties on recycling
    • dh-g 6y ago
      This test does not simulate actual product recycling where the plastic is exposed to sunlight and liquids. Its environmental iterations that cause the degradation. Interesting findings though.