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My first thought is that encouraging people to make their own highly inexpensive plastic objects and to spread the ability to their neighbors could lead to a si
by justindz 18y ago
My first thought is that encouraging people to make their own highly inexpensive plastic objects and to spread the ability to their neighbors could lead to a significant increase in disposable plastic usage. In general, plastic doesn't really go away. Anyone know if the plastic used here is recyclable, biodegradable or otherwise mitigates the long term (granted, I mean, really long term) concern of flooding landfills?
- shader 18y agoThe main plastics used are ABS and HDPE. HDPE is commonly used in milk jugs, so you could recycle your own milk jugs and make stuff at the same time. Obviously, since all they are doing is melting a thermoplastic and extruding it, it is trivial to recycle the product: just grind it up and make something else.