I am not opposed, assuming there isn’t a severe quality concern. I would rather like a way to recycle my waste plastic. There isn’t really anyone local that will recycle PETG or PLA.
@Rutty there is a way first cut the plastic then use a blender on ice crush but be sure its normal plastic second it has to be sorted by thermodynamics & shade of color
PET is used in plastic water bottles, PETG is considered a contaminant and typically not part of the recycled waste stream, at least in the US. Same for PLA.
Although as you noted to pelletize plastic a blender would be a good place to start. The question then becomes what do you do with the pellets of plastic?
From my understanding it takes a system like this
https://www.filabot.com/products to produce filament from waste plastic. That’s not to say you can’t used the pellets in some other way.
I would feel so bad for using so much plastic. I already feel like this when using a spool every couple of months.
@callcc @Rutty would it make you feel better to use recycled filament?
I am not opposed, assuming there isn’t a severe quality concern. I would rather like a way to recycle my waste plastic. There isn’t really anyone local that will recycle PETG or PLA.
@Rutty there is a way first cut the plastic then use a blender on ice crush but be sure its normal plastic second it has to be sorted by thermodynamics & shade of color
Yes! They do exist. It’s about $20k USD to get a system that will recycle filament.
I’ve also looked at the idea of using pelletized plastic and molds to make other products, like dominos for example.
@Rutty correction PET & PETG is commonly used in water bottles in Canada if i am wrong you can correct me & i will do re-evaluation
PET is used in plastic water bottles, PETG is considered a contaminant and typically not part of the recycled waste stream, at least in the US. Same for PLA.
Although as you noted to pelletize plastic a blender would be a good place to start. The question then becomes what do you do with the pellets of plastic?
From my understanding it takes a system like this https://www.filabot.com/products to produce filament from waste plastic. That’s not to say you can’t used the pellets in some other way.
@Rutty kind Sir i kindly ask which time zone are you from i am Canadian from the eastern time zone
I am in California so PST
I do use rPLA from 3dJake. Not really sure how much of it is recycled and where the material is sourced from though.