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You can't actually recycle plastics like you can aluminum. Each time your reheat and remold the polymer it breaks down and eventually becomes unusable. Even whe
by replicatorblog 18y ago
You can't actually recycle plastics like you can aluminum. Each time your reheat and remold the polymer it breaks down and eventually becomes unusable. Even when recycled plastic is used in industry it is typically Pre-consumer. e.g. when you go to the movie theater and get a "Watchmen" soda cup, sometimes they misprint whole batches. Those are ground up and mixed with virgin plastic before they ever leave the factory.
- froo 18y agook cool. What about some sort of dense/hard wax then?
- replicatorblog 18y agoFor sure, you can actually get wax printers now, but the properties of wax keep it from being useful in conditions where heat or durability are concerns. Currently, they are used to make patterns for metal casting in the jewelry industry.