Nobody is going to recycle your PET from prints/failures/etc. though, they're just going to get dumped. There's no magic plastic identification and separation

Nobody is going to recycle your PET from prints/failures/etc. though, they're just going to get dumped. There's no magic plastic identification and separation in anybody's recycling. The way I see it you have three viable options: * Use raw PLA * Accept that you're going to generate some plastic waste * Burn your plastic waste Really unless you've gone completely carbon neutral, burning a small amount of plastic isn't a big deal, it's really where most plastic waste should go. Waste to energy plants are just fossil fuel power plants with extra steps.