Anew way to recycle my plastics
When It comes to reducing my impact on the environment, there's a few things that my wife and I have picked up over the years and got into a routine of doing. We try to make a conscious effort to recycle or reuse products and not throw these things into the regular garbage to where they end up in a landfill somewhere.
My wife and I have saved all the recyclable containers such as 2 l bottles from soda, the aluminum cans from things like energy drinks, and any other recyclable item from food products. We love how California has the CRV on these materials to incentivize people to recycle more. It's really easy to bag these things up and take them in to get recycled and not go into the landfills. We have effectively not thrown any of these types of containers away and regular garbage in the better part of a decade.
As you will see in the photos, my new process utilizes my love for recycling and my love for 3D printing. I am currently building this machine that will cut up these PET/PETG bottles and will form them into usable 3D printer filament. I already save all of the remnant and failed prints to where once I build this first machine, there's another one that will grind up all these plastics and utilize a similar process to transform That rough material into usable 3D printer filament as well.
We try to eliminate as much standard garbage waste as possible And these are just a couple of the ways in which I am doing my part.
I am inspired by your ingenuity and dedication to this project. I never thought this could be (relatively) easily achievable in a home setting. I would have some concerns, and I admittedly have not looked into research on the matter, with the combination of temperature, pressure, and plastics on a regular basis in my home, or without PPE. The idea of reshaping our used goods into needed, new, and high quality customizable items can be pretty cool.