Recycling is no longer an option, it is a need that we must assume, and here comes into play a Resolved issue that has surprised us at the question… How to make a machine to recycle plastic ? .
From Holland the designer Dave Hakkens proposes that we can mount ourselves a plastic recycling machine with technology and materials that we can find in any part and also, using basic tools.
The designer did not want to miss a single detail of this singular proposition mounted a web portal in which contains all the instructions – step by step – for the execution and assembly of the four machines that proposes ; A plastic crusher, an extruder, one injection molder and one by compression on mold.
Even add the average price of materials used per machine, its difficulty in building it or the time it has It took time to assemble it.
In the following image we see the devices for recycle plastic domestic that we can make (Mainly PET plastics) that we can download plans:
The mechanisms that Dave proposes work on:
Actually, it would get something like the following image, but in a traditional way and more sustainable with the environment environment, a plastic recycler homemade with a little crafts from home. It is intended to move from a more industrial process to one more manual by means of a simple assembly and from our housing.
Another point that we would like to remember as we leave has introduce in machinery for recycling PET , is how to take advantage of the materials that we have at home and for this, we must be able to recognize the different labels, so we provide an infographic summary to clarify concepts.
In our article on recycling bins there are More information on labeling and packaging of plastic. It can help you to make your shredder homemade plastic .
In the portal we will find some download files compressed with different PDFs with detailed information on the necessary tools and plans of the mechanisms. Something like…
If we already saw in the creative recycling article or in the one with recycled wooden furniture with pallets where our imagination can go very far obtaining low-cost objects with a good design.
The designer is committed to informing us in detail about the initiatives that we can do with these machines to recycle plastic from very detailed videos with ideas, instructions for the devices, necessary tools, blueprints, advice on recycling …etc. What in Ultimately, they make up a new way of beginning to live and to instruct us, not only in bricolage or the concepts of recycling and its materials , but also in a new way to bring tangible benefits to the environment.
The previous plans and all the machinery are downloaded from HERE (At the bottom of the page it indicates «Dowsload KIT»)
Do you only want a machine to recycle plastic bottles? … Well, we have the project Polyformer similar to the previous one, but only destined to recycle plastic bottles to turn them into filament for 3D printers.
Polyformer is another open source project with all CAD drawings and documentation to create your own device turn those plastic bottles into something useful, into in this case, filaments for 3D printers.
At the same time, the designer coined the concept of Phonebloks (Modular Mobile) that It is a mobile design made up of changeable modules with the aim of reducing electronic scrap. Can Learn more from the following video or on Wikipedia.
Initiatives to benefit recycling there are many, but another one that we find interesting is the simple device model, but effective, that they have assembled since Plasticbottlecutter to recycle bottles plastic – PET. Good but simple ideas that improve the environment!
With the initiative Dave Hakkens the recycling of objects is no longer an obstacle if there is a desire to contribute value to society and the environment.
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