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hey @Community point 's! We have had the request a few times to make a channel specifically for community points to exchange ideas, knowledge, posters, strategies etc. You guys are glueing the Precious Plastic Universe together and should have a place to come together yourself. So here is a "private" channel for everyone that signed up with the community-point badge. Where are all you folks from?

I was establishing a community point at my school in Issaquah, WA, USA before everything closed. I don't think it will ever really open since I am leaving the area soon

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I was hoping to start a community around the central Ohio (USA) area. (edited)

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Switzerland, Vaud, Yverdon! We have a well established eco/transition town community, so I'm trying to integrate PP ideas/local recycling into it.

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I made this cool poster a few month ago, thought I could share

Hello from Guatemala

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We're building the circulo community, working on education, recycling and helping to go green with local business

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Heey everyone :) Kat here, the global Community Point hehe

Did you all have a look at the Community Point Starterkit and its download package? https://preciousplastic.com/starterkits/showcase/community-point.html It's quite a freshly defined role, so there is definitely space for improvements! Was wondering, what were your thoughts about this? If you have any questions or ideas about the role, platforms, tools - we'd be happy to hear them!

Start a Community Point to Recycle Plastic

Learn how to grow and build the local recycling community to help fix the plastic waste problem.

I looked at them a while ago. I downloaded both the community and collection kits. I'm going off of memory here but there was one part in the collections kit that would also be useful to have in the community kit and I think it was the Visuals properties sheet - mainly for the common uses of each type so that people you are informing know more about what plastics can be turned into

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In Western Australia the containers refund scheme is starting on October 1st

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@Lookhere WA refund scheme?

@Lookhere cool, could you explain a bit how it will work?

@Kat 10 cents per marked container refunded at a refund point

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@3dSeed Yes in Western Australia, I think we are the 2nd last state to start

So we just need 300 pet bottles per hr to make it viable as a business?

What do you all usually cover at your community points?

cyrina

What do you all usually cover at your community points?

https://preciousplastic.com/starterkits/showcase/community-point.html but we can keep on shaping it! So let's getter some more ideas (edited)

Start a Community Point to Recycle Plastic

Learn how to grow and build the local recycling community to help fix the plastic waste problem.

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How do you avoid liability issues from building these machines?

Hi Everyone, I am based in Baltimore. I have found some interest but am working on a plan for what we can realistically accomplish here. I see there is a community point in Philly but I don't know how to find their contact info. If you are based in Philly can you reply here? I'd like to know how you decided to go with a community point instead of a collection point and since you are so close I'd like to know if it makes sense to have a community point here too.

Hello from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

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Finally launched the official Precious Plastic Hawai’i!

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Hi everyone, I had created a community point, but it was refused. The following text is written: "This pin has been rejected, wont show on general map". I don't know the reason for the rejection, I would like to re-create one to move forward in the project. Can someone help me? I come from #Namur Thanks in advance

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#Belgium

Why we dont use tranlator bot in this server

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Translator bot

What do you mean? @di5cordangerlo

@Oaris translator bot is a isi program for discord or telegram for chatting U write uk and i read ita

@di5cordangerlo how do you install this bot what is it called, I want it on our Canadian PP server...

Bots are basically potential "spying" devices because they can monitor everything said in a server. While this is of less concern in public servers (taking into account that messages are not end-to-end encrypted), giving a bot, not controlled by yourself access to a big server, is actually a decision not to be taken lightly. Most people don't really think about it, because of the convenience of bots. It's even more important if the bot has Administrator privileges, because a hack on just one bot could wreak havoc on thousands of servers.

How "Hackable" are they? I would feel discord is already not too "private" (it is centralized i think, and doesn't have end-to-end encryption?) If the bots are open source and not using data for marketing etc i would be fine with them (granted key word is the "I" , but is this an unpopular opinion)

If you can't audit the backend, there's not really a way to know. With open-source code, a largish support staff and crowd-funding, it is reasonably "safe." But not as safe as self-hosting. Anyway, the point is that there are legitimate concerns. Not all of them apply equally to every kind of server.

@schivolarana a lot of people does i guess. But it only works if you write, not to translate what you want to read. I don't know if you noticed the whole breakdown of our italian friend in other channel, refusing to communicate in english and calling discord stupid

If you feel it's very important, bring it up in #deleted-channel or #just-chatting as a poll to see who wants auto-translation on the server. Also, you can copy the text someone posted (click "copy text") and paste it in your keyboard to see the translation. We can't assume everyone is using up-to-date software. We can't even assume everyone has smartphones. We can't assume anything, really. The server was started with the idea that the bare minimum requirement is access to an internet connected computer, and a basic ability to communicate in English. It's difficult to cater to the entire World. Impossible, really. We try our best.

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@Oaris @Kat could you help here?

I was hoping to start a community in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian. I’m currently based in Addis but I’m from Washington DC.

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@Mattia can anyone explain to me why the starter kits won’t download? It’s really frustrating.

summer

@Mattia can anyone explain to me why the starter kits won’t download? It’s really frustrating.

hey hey... great to hear you're ready to start in Ethiopia

I have just tried to download the Community Point starterkit and all worked smooth.

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Could you please describe the problem more in details? Where are you trying to download it from (URL)? Which browser and version? What OS?

Mattia

hey hey... great to hear you're ready to start in Ethiopia

I have just tried to download the Community Point starterkit and all worked smooth.

I’m actually in the researching phase, but I love everything about the project. And about the download, i think it’s me not having the right app to download, but I’ll try other methods. I don’t have a zip file reader but I can go to cyber cafe and handle it. Thank you for all the help. I appreciate it.

All cool

have fun in the cyber cafe!

Will do.

Julie

https://preciousplastic.com/starterkits/showcase/community-point.html but we can keep on shaping it! So let's getter some more ideas (edited)

We are trying out some of the tips over the first few months. Will report back with tips for the group!

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thank you, that helps a lot.

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@Deleted User go to #archived-machines

sorry

I already deleted my comment, does it not show?

ok

Hello from Tripoli, Libya

️ We are a group of 10 people and growing, based in Tripoli, Libya. We just lucnched the first Precious Plastic community point in Libya, and we're even working on building our first shredding machine. Thank you #OneArmy #PreciousPlastic

️ We will keep posting updates

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Bom dia! Meu nome é Maronio Ribeiro sou do Brasil ( São Luís Maranhão) fico feliz em participar deste movimento mundial inciandos os primeiros passos!! (edited)

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[FAQ] [How To] [Community Point] How do I set up a Community Point? Follow these Version 4 Universe set-up, operation and profile guidelines: Set-up and operation guidelines: https://community.preciousplastic.com/how-to/set-up-a-community-point Profile guidelines: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fXTtBbzgCO0EL6G9__aixwqc-Euqgqnd/view

Frederik C (ZA) pinned a message to this channel. 1/27/2021 8:56 PM

This is https://catfarm.net/# Calling for volunteers to join us in bringing our Precious Plastics mission to life. We are an ecological community of young creatives living and working in Poussan, Southern France. Right now we are at the beginning stages of our set up, researching and preparing for a full scale plastics recycling program we're calling "Bridges for Plastic." We are looking for those with and without experience, motivation and willingness to learn is just as valuable to us. So if you have been looking for a community that is taking on the Precious Plastics movement, and can give at least a month of your time this year then get in contact with us via our website. Fill out an application and we will get back to you ASAP. (edited)

Suzanne Dirne

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Step off-grid, experience a more sustainable way of living and be part of a creative community EXPLORE WHAT WE DO ABOUT THE CATFARM GROW, SHARE AND PLAY TOGETHER At the Catfarm we empower people to find the best versions of themselves. Through education, training, workshops and community life we provide the space for curious people to […]

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Hi all Starting the process of a precious plastic community , Northern Ireland : Belfast

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@di5cordangerlo how do you install this bot what is it called, I want it on our Canadian PP server...

where is the Canada discord server?

The Precious Plastic Canada National Community Hub (server) is Near Toronto Canada. (edited)

Hi from New Zealand. We have just opened our workspace/ community point in Tauranga and I've been trying to follow the instructions for Figma to create a location badge but for some reason I cannot find the plugin for the varela font. Even though it is downloaded and installed, and I'm the administrator... I find the instructions in the PP file haven't helped me find the plugin so I can't progress. I don't think there are any other options to click in Figma that I didn't try, I'm wondering if maybe my installed font file is in the wrong place to be found. Anyone have a suggestion if I'm missing something?? Thanks!

Helooo

CathdM

Hi from New Zealand. We have just opened our workspace/ community point in Tauranga and I've been trying to follow the instructions for Figma to create a location badge but for some reason I cannot find the plugin for the varela font. Even though it is downloaded and installed, and I'm the administrator... I find the instructions in the PP file haven't helped me find the plugin so I can't progress. I don't think there are any other options to click in Figma that I didn't try, I'm wondering if maybe my installed font file is in the wrong place to be found. Anyone have a suggestion if I'm missing something?? Thanks!

Hi, I’m having issues with the Figma logo maker and the pluggins. Did you get this sorted??

Hi Precious Plastics Community! My name is Brett O'Mahony, I am reaching out to you from Ireland. I am a designer working with a positive impact design agency & currently undertaking a part-time Master's in Design for Health & Wellbeing at the University of Limerick. Being a huge fan of Precious Plastics, I am connecting with people who rely upon or use a digital platform & community to tackle a social cause. For my masters project, I am partnering with the non-profit Humanity Crew to create a global platform of front-line mental health volunteers - like a doctors without borders but for psychological health. With this in mind, I would love to include some members of the precious plastic community in the research phase of my masters project as the precedent the community has built is incredible. I wanted to ask any community members here if they would be interested in being interviewed for the research portion of this project? If you are interested - comment or send me a DM, I can share more context on my Masters' if you are interested in participating. I look forward to hearing from any of you that are interested. Many thanks in advance, Brett Masters Course: https://www.ul.ie/gps/course/design-health-and-wellbeing-msc Humanity Crew: https://humanitycrew.org/

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Hey All, there is a new channel focused on the development of washing plastic. Any input from you all would be amazing

#archived-washing

Tom_richards1

Hi, I’m having issues with the Figma logo maker and the pluggins. Did you get this sorted??

Hi Tom, yeah mostly sorted... wish I could tell you every step but I forgot the exact path... it involved typing "figma" into the search box of discord (top right corner) and there was a post in the search results that explained how to get the plugin to be 'found' and that was 1 problem solved. Then I had this really weird experience (in Figma, to actually use the plugin) where selecting the curve and the location name both would not register with the plugin, the little box kept telling me to select 2 things, or select a curve, and from where I was looking both WERE selected. I wasted an hour of my time trying to convince the plugin I had selected both, ran out of time, then next day went back to it... and it worked. Surely a glitch and not just an idiot boomer

The final snag is (and this is def my lack of skill) I don't really get how to change the inside circle background colour. I tried mucking around with all sorts of the layers, I found pizzas and bright colours, but I just wanted the simple green and it didn't work, so our logo is community point green on the outside and workspace blue on the inside, both of which are correct I suppose, but I'd quite like to learn how to use that kind of software competently and feel like I have control of the process!

Hello. I have more than 300kg Pet bottles. But they're with dust outside and inside. How can I clean it? Please help me

Proofy

Hello. I have more than 300kg Pet bottles. But they're with dust outside and inside. How can I clean it? Please help me

Check out the new discussion thread all about washing!

#archived-washing

Fixing to start a machine shop in indianapolis. Anyone local want to collab?

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Anyone from PP Hamburg here?

anyone from hong kong here ?

Hi people, we've started a conversation about creating a database for plastic waste items. This has been popping up more often as a request within the Precious Plastic community. It can be a very useful tool for:

packaging designers
plastic collectors to find out the type of plastic when it isn't written on the product itself
overview of information about packaging, to create campaigns to make brands aware of their impact.
somehow it also becomes an online history museum about plastic packaging (because hopefully most of these items will disapere) One example is - https://guacamoleairplane.com/supplier-guide To get a step forward in making this database happening, we would like to start with brainstorming. This will be done online on ZOOM. Please head to this link to select the time slots that works the best for you - https://doodle.com/poll/z23hp6cgsat9gs7i

Choose your preferences on the date to join the zoom. We will update you about the time and date + the link to the zoom meeting Friday the 30th of April here on discord. Feel free to collect some examples, possible platforms, ideas and bring them to the ZOOMbrainstorm. Hope to see you at the brainstorm. PreciousPlastic

Sustainable Packaging Supplier Guide — Guacamole Airplane

Doodle: ZOOMbrainstorm - Plastic waste database

Hi people, we've started a conversation about creating a database for plastic waste items. This has been popping up more often as a request within the Precious Plastic community. It can be a very useful tool for:

packaging designers
plastic collectors to find out the type of plastic when it isn't written on the product itself
overview of ...

hello, i want to start a pp community point in cologne/germany. i found there are many people interested in pp in cologne , which unfortunatly is not reflected in the new map. in the old map http://oldmap.preciousplastic.com/ there are many people listed and there are also posts at https://davehakkens.nl/community/forums/topic/precious-plastic-cologne/ from people i'd like to contact for establishing community point. how can i contact all of these (as i cannot register/login anymore) ? i read someone calling the archiving of the old site/forum a "destruction act" and i can understand what he means - so what can we do that this precious information isn't lost forever ? i bet there are other person with the same problem... (edited)

RolandCGN

hello, i want to start a pp community point in cologne/germany. i found there are many people interested in pp in cologne , which unfortunatly is not reflected in the new map. in the old map http://oldmap.preciousplastic.com/ there are many people listed and there are also posts at https://davehakkens.nl/community/forums/topic/precious-plastic-cologne/ from people i'd like to contact for establishing community point. how can i contact all of these (as i cannot register/login anymore) ? i read someone calling the archiving of the old site/forum a "destruction act" and i can understand what he means - so what can we do that this precious information isn't lost forever ? i bet there are other person with the same problem... (edited)

Hello @RolandCGN - I am interested in the same. We are looking to start a workshop or a Community point in our area in the southeastern us and there is just nothing in the new map. The old one shows some workshops and people. btw, I am originally from duesseldorf, Hallihallo

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does somebody now who is moderating the pp map? i added a pin 5 days ago but it's still in status "awaiting moderation" ( pin from https://community.preciousplastic.com/map#rolandcgn at cologne/germany) (edited)

Toby

Hello @RolandCGN - I am interested in the same. We are looking to start a workshop or a Community point in our area in the southeastern us and there is just nothing in the new map. The old one shows some workshops and people. btw, I am originally from duesseldorf, Hallihallo

Getting into a discussion in #just chatting, comment away!

Hello everyone My name is Lisa) I came across with one of the OneArmy projects, namely #PreciousPlastic, almost from its very beginning (app. 5 years ago). At that time, I was just starting my undergraduate studies at the University of St. Petersburg, Russia and did not yet know how much my life and my perception of the would change in the nearest future. After 4 years of studying International Relations, I couldn't stop thinking that I was moving in the wrong direction. Already at the university, I began to spread the ideas of #zerowaste #minimalism and #sustainable_consumption. It has been a year since my graduation and it is almost a year now since I am a Sustainable Development Master student in Sweden, Uppsala. Just recently, I started sharing my experience on Instagram @gr.eenko. Every day spent here, surrounded by the same driven people and the world experts in the field, is defo one exceptional experience. I will be very grateful if you join my path, or just share it with someone who is the same sustainablu-inspired!) All have a good weekend and warm spring days))!!

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Hello Team I would like to begin supporting with Patreon, how do I get stickers and a badge???

Hello everyone, @Julie @tomvb and myself are prototyping a "product to plastic types database" and we need your help! The "database" is currently made of this google sheets - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ztJJ98DO4QrWohieobSHNY7dxFVWxVUvwKRimjhIRKc/edit?usp=sharing In order to fill it up with information we've created this simple google form - https://forms.gle/MCSxE9qXxi11zRDD8 - for you to use whenever you see a product that is not in this database. A nice way to always have the form ready to use is by creating a shortcut on your phone home screen. To do that, follow these steps: 1. Open the form on your phone (Chrome on Android, Safari on iOS) 2. Share (iOS), Menu button (Android) 3. Save to home screen Example shown below. Please let us know if there is more information you think we need to collect. Thanks and happy sorting

Plastic Product Database

Form responses 1 Timestamp,Barcode,Product Name,Category / Type of product,Country,Plastic Type 1 (Main package),Plastic Type 2 (Lid),Plastic Type 3 (Label),Plastic Type 4 (Secondary package),Plastic Type 5,Add Product Image,Feedback about packaging (Easy to recycle? Other issues?),Product Name

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Mattia

All cool

have fun in the cyber cafe!

Hi Mattia! I have a question about Precious Plastic translations (in Russian) - would you mind to advise me who can I turn to regarding the subtitles? Thank you!!

preciousplastic3D

Hi Mattia! I have a question about Precious Plastic translations (in Russian) - would you mind to advise me who can I turn to regarding the subtitles? Thank you!!

Hey, we've been considering translation for 6 yrs now at Precious Plastic. Unfortunately it is not an easy topic and a hard one to crack. We have knowledge and content spread across multiple channels and mediums. As we like things to be done proper, translation should happen across websites, yt, discord, emails, support, patreon and so on. It is beyond our current means to support and develop an integrated translation. For this reason we are not working actively on translation atm. If your query is simply about YT translation go ahead

Mattia

Hey, we've been considering translation for 6 yrs now at Precious Plastic. Unfortunately it is not an easy topic and a hard one to crack. We have knowledge and content spread across multiple channels and mediums. As we like things to be done proper, translation should happen across websites, yt, discord, emails, support, patreon and so on. It is beyond our current means to support and develop an integrated translation. For this reason we are not working actively on translation atm. If your query is simply about YT translation go ahead

Hey Mattia, thank you for your reply: its national holidays in Russia now and I decided to translate the whole Precious Plastic website + Academy, Fixing Fashion website + Academy, and YT subtitles. I transcribed everything into English (it was easier this way) and just translated the files into Russian. I can send you everything via email!

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bangarangJones

Fixing to start a machine shop in indianapolis. Anyone local want to collab?

I’m in Cincy! Brand new but I’d love to get involved.

Natu 🇺🇸 [Ohio]

I was hoping to start a community around the central Ohio (USA) area. (edited)

I’m in Cincinnati!

Hello, can anyone help me? I would like to build a shredder, and looking for the cutting files which I can send to the laser cutter. Where is the "download" link? Thanks a lot!

Hello, I'm french maker and wish to start a community / mini mix-workspace in Vannes, Bretagne,France. I'm here to learn and contact some french people already here ?

@Laure-56I am in the 22, do you know the french discord? https://discord.com/channels/423794345909682176/423794345909682180

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10:16 PM

happy to see motivated people in britanny(france).

Hi, does anyone remember where to find the guide/files for the precious plastic container?

Mum Goes Green

Hello, can anyone help me? I would like to build a shredder, and looking for the cutting files which I can send to the laser cutter. Where is the "download" link? Thanks a lot!

Look on the Precious Plastic Website for the Download link it is not hard to find or ask in the #archived-machines channel.

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Hi, does anyone remember where to find the guide/files for the precious plastic container?

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Hi all! I’m a graphic designer based in California. My current job is in instruction sheet design/engineering. I keep finding myself at this place where Im super inspired to contribute or create new ways of using waste and recycled materials want but I feel that I lack the know-how for working with a company that does this or starting my own business. Does anyone have any tips or roadmaps that can help me find direction in this ginormous world of recycling?

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ggallo

Hi all! I’m a graphic designer based in California. My current job is in instruction sheet design/engineering. I keep finding myself at this place where Im super inspired to contribute or create new ways of using waste and recycled materials want but I feel that I lack the know-how for working with a company that does this or starting my own business. Does anyone have any tips or roadmaps that can help me find direction in this ginormous world of recycling?

You cannot possibly have LESS know-how than me!! So just jump on in... I think there's plenty in the community who started with a panini press in the back shed like we did, then once you have a flat sheet of plastic you start to explore what you can make... keeping costs as low as possible while figuring out the best paths to pursue. You have a GOLD skill set with CAD/ CAM - I have two skill gaps I'm pedalling fast to try & fill this year, & both involve your skills, so you could most definitely add value to our enterprise. Unfortunately I'm not in a position to pay anyone, we are still developing product lines and I don't pay myself because there's nothing yet to pay with! But you can start your own enterprise some steps ahead of me and many others with the skills that you have - just got for it

Hello! My name is Arsen Zograbjan and I am studying to become a Industrial product designer. At the Dutch Design Week I remember being given a tour of the workspace of Precious Plastic, and it stuck with me. Partly as a result, I chose to include Precious Plastic as the preferred way of recycling in my exam project for this year. Though the project is entirely conceptual, visualisations and estimates are required. I was hoping some of you guys could answer a few questions regarding the bricks themselves and a lot more about the production which i could not find on the Precious Plastics website. If you have spare time and are willing to help, a direct message would be immensely helpfull! Thank you in advance!

Hello !! Greetings from Venezuela , we tried to join the map and when we received the mail confirmation link we could not confirm it . Do you move forward after the confirmation of the 6 stars?

Wow thanks for the amazing pep talk! I think the first is always the hardest (like finding someone that will let me use their machine). I’m actually looking to be compensated with knowledge and case studies so if you’d like to connect, I’d be down to help out in any way I can!

Anyone know if there are One Army stickers available--you know, the sort of promotional kinda stuff

Hi everyone I am trying to learn if there is anybody in Brasil involved with PP

Hey, @scestari! I know a few people in Brazil doing things around Precious Plastic. Maybe have a look at https://community.preciousplastic.com/map to see if there is someone around you?

Hi @murilove, checking the map was my first move. I entered this environment looking for more info

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sonik

happy to see motivated people in britanny(france).

ce lien mène vers un salon auquel je n'ai pas accès

mais heureuse aussi de trouver ici des copains

Laure-56

ce lien mène vers un salon auquel je n'ai pas accès

mais heureuse aussi de trouver ici des copains

https://discord.gg/Qa3wTrn :)

Invite to join a server

Precious Plastic Francophone

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hey does someone have some posters/designs already made to put on collection bins/around the collection bins

EmilyRichard

hey does someone have some posters/designs already made to put on collection bins/around the collection bins

They are in the starterkit of the collectionpoint

Perfect thank you

Hello. My name is Omar from Kenya. I am student from Jomo Kenyatta University doing my final year project. I have questions concerning plastic sheet press. How did you come up with the mathematics of this precious sheet press? In other words what formulas did you use to come up with the length, width, thickness, stresses, moments and even the angles? What was the starting point of these calculations? Did you base it on the load of the shredded plastics or by the length and width of sheets you make?

Rizo

Hello. My name is Omar from Kenya. I am student from Jomo Kenyatta University doing my final year project. I have questions concerning plastic sheet press. How did you come up with the mathematics of this precious sheet press? In other words what formulas did you use to come up with the length, width, thickness, stresses, moments and even the angles? What was the starting point of these calculations? Did you base it on the load of the shredded plastics or by the length and width of sheets you make?

Hi, I can not answer your question, but in the old forum you could find some infos of the development: https://davehakkens.nl/community/forums/topic/v4-sheet-press-development/

Thank you Brother Thomas. I'll look into it.

Hello, I'm new, and want to begin getting involved through the community point, and tips or best practices?

ChristelleMM

Hello, I'm new, and want to begin getting involved through the community point, and tips or best practices?

Hi nice to see someone new coming in! Have a look at the community.preciousplastic/map and find a community point (or people active in the pp community) in your area.

Hello, I m from China and wish to start a workshop to provide two machine for the public to remake the plastic. May I ask what kind of information of precious plastic should i ass into the disclaimer?

Hey sorry to bother but I am having an issue updating my community page. I am trying to switch from member to community point and I have made sure I get at least 6 stars on the check off sheet however when I go to upload a photo of my space it says "save failed". Has anyone encountered this in the past or can you point me in the right direction? I greatly appreciate your help

Hi there. I'm a newbie who early today got frustrated at all these plastic medicine bottles I had sitting around and wanted to see if I could remake them into anything else. I've already been using some to hold little things like pins and hair ties, but I only need so many of those. Other crafts that I looked up online to "recycle" them were just things like making a lighting fixture. That's okay, I suppose, but a bunch of pill bottles hot glue-gunned around a light bulb isn't something that I can see myself keeping for years. I'd rather make a larger container out of them if possible. A transparent orange storage box could look pretty cool. Again, as a beginner, I have no idea if that is even possible outside of a shop, but I might as well throw that out there. The medicine bottle is #5 PP, so I don't have any idea how easy or hard that is to work with. Of course, life provides plenty of other plastics that might be easier to start with.

Hi everyone! I want to know the price of this mould, did someone knows it? I find it in the page of precious plastics

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Miguel Morf

Hi everyone! I want to know the price of this mould, did someone knows it? I find it in the page of precious plastics

what is the mold for?

@Miguel Morf ask Alumoulds on Instagram. I just had one made by him.

Hi! I'm looking for someone with experience in making bricks/tiles by mixing sand and plastic! I'm trying to set up a formal facility

Why sand?

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Isn’t there a sand shortage that’s going to lead to a glass shortage or am I misremembering? Just wondering if it adds anything structurally helpful

Sand can be particularly resistant to compressive forces (not great with tensile) when mixed with something to bind it together

. Concrete for example has sand in it! Depending upon where in the world you are, it can be pretty cheap and abundant and so if you are able to meet necessary material properties like modulus of elasticity and compressive strength for the bricks to be safe, it could be a cool way to reuse plastic

CellarDefenestration

Hi there. I'm a newbie who early today got frustrated at all these plastic medicine bottles I had sitting around and wanted to see if I could remake them into anything else. I've already been using some to hold little things like pins and hair ties, but I only need so many of those. Other crafts that I looked up online to "recycle" them were just things like making a lighting fixture. That's okay, I suppose, but a bunch of pill bottles hot glue-gunned around a light bulb isn't something that I can see myself keeping for years. I'd rather make a larger container out of them if possible. A transparent orange storage box could look pretty cool. Again, as a beginner, I have no idea if that is even possible outside of a shop, but I might as well throw that out there. The medicine bottle is #5 PP, so I don't have any idea how easy or hard that is to work with. Of course, life provides plenty of other plastics that might be easier to start with.

Maybe check on the Precious Plastic map to see if there’s any other members near you and reach them!

knackerd

Hi all Starting the process of a precious plastic community , Northern Ireland : Belfast

How is this coming along, I'm from County Armagh

Anyone is from india

Hi, I want to build the extruder Pro but don't know where to buy the screw you use for the build.

Does anyone know where to get the stamp to mark the type of plastic on the plastic?

@richrd PP Bazar used to have it...but I can't see it anymore :/

Yeah I looked there but and I looked on the internet for HDPE branding iron but didn't get anything

Greetings from Haiti

I'm just wondering if anyone's made a successful community project out of plastic recycling? (Oh yeah, also - hi from Australia! Sorry, my enthusiasm outran my manners.) Just that I've been thinking about plastic waste worldwide and how to start actually making a dent in it, one small installation at a time. And not so much for profit as for survival. I'd love to talk about how other successful nfp communities got set up and get some pointers. I'll check back on Discord every few days - please tag me or pm me.

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teddlesruss

I'm just wondering if anyone's made a successful community project out of plastic recycling? (Oh yeah, also - hi from Australia! Sorry, my enthusiasm outran my manners.) Just that I've been thinking about plastic waste worldwide and how to start actually making a dent in it, one small installation at a time. And not so much for profit as for survival. I'd love to talk about how other successful nfp communities got set up and get some pointers. I'll check back on Discord every few days - please tag me or pm me.

I'm wondering about feasibility as well for a project in Central US. (following - and hoping we can learn together) (edited)

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I live in LA where we've long suffered from a housing and homelessness crisis. The building bricks is something that really intrigues me as a way to address both plastic waste and housing needs

andy_iiiiv

I'm wondering about feasibility as well for a project in Central US. (following - and hoping we can learn together) (edited)

I'm retired with disability (and old age : ) so I have some time to devote to this here downunder. There are two PP projects nearby me (I looked on the map on their website, really great resource) but we have COVID restrictions so I won't be going in person any time soon. Meanwhile I'm working out ways to make the existing PP tech work better and/or do more with it.

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Hi everyone! I'm wondering if there still is an active community in Eindhoven? I looked at the Map, but there is no address. Hope you can help! Have a good Sunday!

Anna Kofoed

Hi everyone! I'm wondering if there still is an active community in Eindhoven? I looked at the Map, but there is no address. Hope you can help! Have a good Sunday!

Hi! The precious plastic core team moved to france some time ago

Anna Kofoed

Hi everyone! I'm wondering if there still is an active community in Eindhoven? I looked at the Map, but there is no address. Hope you can help! Have a good Sunday!

@Julie wasn't there a Netherlands or Eindhoven whatsapp group?

Hi everyone! just recently started working with an injection machine and i was wondering if anyone has any experince with wood moulds.

4:42 PM

If someone has i would love to ask them a couple of questions, thank you!

Kat

@Julie wasn't there a Netherlands or Eindhoven whatsapp group?

Hi there yes there is @Anna Kofoed if you send me a message with some information about you I can send you the link to the whatsapp group

I have seen that Sparkling plastic is also standing at the dutchdesignweeh this week might be a good moment to get in touch with some people connected to the community (edited)

Hi all, just wondering if anyone has developed a service model business for plastics collection in rural areas where there are no community recycling programs delivered by local government/community management bodies? I’d love to get an idea of what the business case looked like, if you would be willing to share (trying to cost this out at the moment for a funding value proposition).

@Julie I have sent you a message.

nitramavlis

Hi everyone! just recently started working with an injection machine and i was wondering if anyone has any experince with wood moulds.

some friends in singapore did this. it worked ok but i dont think their mould was super durable.

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nitramavlis

Hi everyone! just recently started working with an injection machine and i was wondering if anyone has any experince with wood moulds.

you will need a lot of grease or lube/oil and even then youll be quite limited in what you can do,the mold also wont last long

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Re.works is looking for a recycling workspace coordinator Re.works is a plastic recycling workspace next to the Katsikas Refugee Camp in Ioaninna, Greece. The workspace is currently located on the grounds of Habibi.Works, a makerspace for refugees and locals. At Re.works, people come and work with plastic according to the Precious Plastic methods. We are looking for one or two volunteers who want to stay for ideally 3 months or more from December/January onwards. You will be coordinating the workspace, collecting plastic, recycling plastic, and guiding refugees and locals in their own creative process. Accomodation and food is included, and after 3 months there is a small compensation as well. If you are interested, contact us by sending an email to reworks@notforyourdistinction.org and include your CV and a short motivation text!

teddlesruss

I'm retired with disability (and old age : ) so I have some time to devote to this here downunder. There are two PP projects nearby me (I looked on the map on their website, really great resource) but we have COVID restrictions so I won't be going in person any time soon. Meanwhile I'm working out ways to make the existing PP tech work better and/or do more with it.

Hey, are you Melbourne based?

Isometric

Hey, are you Melbourne based?

Wonthaggi

4:31 AM

Hey all! I'm trying to register a profile on community.preciousplastic.com and I 've selected a level (Member for now) selected my country (Australia) added a description and a few images at the recommended size but - the save profile button remains greyed out. What am I doing wrong please? Also yes got an email address link in there.

teddlesruss

Hey all! I'm trying to register a profile on community.preciousplastic.com and I 've selected a level (Member for now) selected my country (Australia) added a description and a few images at the recommended size but - the save profile button remains greyed out. What am I doing wrong please? Also yes got an email address link in there.

Hey, thats curious I am unsure of the issue. Maybe just retry refilling everything. Do you links filled out and everything? Every area needs to be completed

Hello, I´m from Portugal and I´m a teacher and I want to know if there are some items that my school have to fulfil to be defined as Precious Plastic community? Is here in Portugal some entity where I can ask to certify my community?

Hugh

Hey, thats curious I am unsure of the issue. Maybe just retry refilling everything. Do you links filled out and everything? Every area needs to be completed

TY - I got it working, not sure why/how but my page is up now which is good, next thing is to upgrade to a mix space soon - am working on plastic press things but with slightly modified domestic appliances. I've successfully ironed LDPE and 3D pen printed PLA onto various cloth types, and working on making the process easier and more consistent.

Luís Noivo

Hello, I´m from Portugal and I´m a teacher and I want to know if there are some items that my school have to fulfil to be defined as Precious Plastic community? Is here in Portugal some entity where I can ask to certify my community?

I think you have Mr Hakkens in Portugal - look for Project Kamp links on the main website. Also - under Community you'll find what's needed to become an Ally which is a step along that path.

Luís Noivo

Hello, I´m from Portugal and I´m a teacher and I want to know if there are some items that my school have to fulfil to be defined as Precious Plastic community? Is here in Portugal some entity where I can ask to certify my community?

https://community.preciousplastic.com/academy/guides/community-program

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teddlesruss

https://community.preciousplastic.com/academy/guides/community-program

Thank you! It was the kick-off info that I need!

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Hi everyone I’m from the Philippines. I’m interested in focusing on starting with a collection point business which is called a junk shop here. A junk shop collects and buys recyclables then sells it to recycling plants. I’m hoping this way I can start small and then grow til I have my own recycling and sell products. I want to start small because I don’t want too much risk and also because I have to allot my savings in case of emergencies since I’m my family’s breadwinner. I have to be careful with what I spend. My biggest problem is I don’t know where to begin.

Maricris

Hi everyone I’m from the Philippines. I’m interested in focusing on starting with a collection point business which is called a junk shop here. A junk shop collects and buys recyclables then sells it to recycling plants. I’m hoping this way I can start small and then grow til I have my own recycling and sell products. I want to start small because I don’t want too much risk and also because I have to allot my savings in case of emergencies since I’m my family’s breadwinner. I have to be careful with what I spend. My biggest problem is I don’t know where to begin.

Hi Kbayan, sent DM. I'm working on a social project that basically would create buyers for plastic sheets for use in socialized housing. Marketing should be there before starting any business. Look around first on your neighborhood and see what plastic wares are usually used and check if you can manufacture it feasibly. You may look at plant containers, its currently hot these days .

12:56 PM

Of course you can start by buying and selling recyclables. My suggestion is locate where the biggest junkshops near your area, get different samples of plastic they are buying and how much, then you can now determine how much will be your buying price. To start your business go to DTI, and ask for the Barangay Micro Business Program form, its a not so much known program of the government that allows startups with less than 2 million sales , tax free. (edited)

Hey @Community point! This is just a friendly reminder for everyone to keep their profiles on the community platform (https://community.preciousplastic.com) up to date. We direct people to the map daily (11,000 per week), so profiles that are up to date tend to have more success finding partners/clients, customers or volunteers/workers. Be sure to check over your: Photos Workspace type Description Links Thanks for doing what you’re doing! Hugh - Community Manager

Good day everyone, I am a newbie to discord as well as precious plastics and I hope I am posting in the correct place. I am in Georgia

and I am interested in starting a mixed workspace. Is there anyway I can get connected with someone who has done this before so that maybe I could get some information or maybe just some good pointers. Thanks in advance!

Chillst1

Good day everyone, I am a newbie to discord as well as precious plastics and I hope I am posting in the correct place. I am in Georgia

and I am interested in starting a mixed workspace. Is there anyway I can get connected with someone who has done this before so that maybe I could get some information or maybe just some good pointers. Thanks in advance!

Hi there, nice to have you on discord! you can start with have a look on the how-to set up a mixed workspace. (https://community.preciousplastic.com/how-to/set-up-a-mix-workspace) and follow the steps.

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Hello, I thought I'd pop in and join the discord as I've been following precious plastic for a number of years. I run PRNT KTCHN which is an Education/Arts/Tech/Recycling project in Scotland. I'm looking at ways to make 3D printing and similar technologies more accessible and through this develop ways of using them to recycle plastics and keep things from landfill. Hopefully I can work with Precious Plastic to achieve this.

Q

Hello! Just wanted to introduce myself. I am a college student who has noticed a big waste problem in my new community. I am studying wildlife biology so this is a little different for me! I'm super excited to learn from y'all and improve my community

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Hello @PRNTKTCHN and @Kuttezu welcome! PreciousPlastic

Carolina

Hello @PRNTKTCHN and @Kuttezu welcome! PreciousPlastic

Thank you.

Not one of the many crypto bots though, right..?

nope not this one

Hi everyone! I’m in Los Angeles and joined up here to see if there are any others in the area interested in starting a workshop. I work for a fabrication company and have access to machines and tools to build the different precious plastic machines, but really don’t want to do it alone! Precious plastic LA was once active but now seems to be dead….

Hola desde Argentina, alguien habla español?

@rubengonzalez1974 hola Ruben. Ve si quires a chat de latinoamericana

gracias

afloat000

Hi everyone! I’m in Los Angeles and joined up here to see if there are any others in the area interested in starting a workshop. I work for a fabrication company and have access to machines and tools to build the different precious plastic machines, but really don’t want to do it alone! Precious plastic LA was once active but now seems to be dead….

Hi @afloat000. I'm in LA as well and interested. Happy to talk through some ideas.

Hey everyone, Al from NYC here, looking to learn how I can contribute

Hello reyclers. Today i just had interview with 18-years old James from Pennsylvania, He is studying MBA and his university is requiring 2-month summer intership on some project based intership, or something connected with lab work, or research. He like Precious Plastic very much also his dad too. He wanted to do intership in Precious Plastic Slovakia, but currently we dont have capacity for it. If this opportunity got your interest, please send me DM here, or send an email to preciousplasticsk@gmail.com

Hi everyone, we're setting up a community in Wiltshire UK - we now have a Facebook Group and a logo made using the figma software, so now have 9 stars - would like to get our pin on the map too can someone make us an ally? Cheers

Good morning all, I don't know if I'm in the right "category" for this but i would like to know if there is a workshop in France or Belgium where it is possible to go (with your own plastic) and use one or several machine(s) (in this case i would like to use an “Extrusion“) independently and for a reasonable price (a plastic MakiLab in fact

). Thanks in advance for your feedback, WW

Zawo🦁

Good morning all, I don't know if I'm in the right "category" for this but i would like to know if there is a workshop in France or Belgium where it is possible to go (with your own plastic) and use one or several machine(s) (in this case i would like to use an “Extrusion“) independently and for a reasonable price (a plastic MakiLab in fact

). Thanks in advance for your feedback, WW

Hey check out the map community.preciousplastic.com/map to find workspaces in your area

Hugh

Hey check out the map community.preciousplastic.com/map to find workspaces in your area

Ok thanks I'll take a look. But are there machines accessible to the public in each place?

You would have to ask them directly

Thank you very much, i will check with them

Julie

Hi there yes there is @Anna Kofoed if you send me a message with some information about you I can send you the link to the whatsapp group

I have seen that Sparkling plastic is also standing at the dutchdesignweeh this week might be a good moment to get in touch with some people connected to the community (edited)

Hi there @Julie - I'd be interested to join the whatsapp group too if it is still active

I was coming back to this chat to see if I could find an active collection & recycling point. Last time in September I had tried getting in touch with recyclingwithkids.com, but without success

Camille BBP

Hi there @Julie - I'd be interested to join the whatsapp group too if it is still active

I was coming back to this chat to see if I could find an active collection & recycling point. Last time in September I had tried getting in touch with recyclingwithkids.com, but without success

yes absolutely, feel free to send me a message with some more information and your phone number and I'm happy to add you

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Hi there! How can I find out wether there is a group in Berlin/Germany?

2:36 PM

I mean a precious plastic group, please.

Sönke

Hi there! How can I find out wether there is a group in Berlin/Germany?

I think the easiest way is talking to me!

Just message me directly on slack or via mail: kontakt@preciousplastic.berlin

Sönke

Hi there! How can I find out wether there is a group in Berlin/Germany?

Hello, I'm also from Berlin and I'm looking for a group there. Where in Berlin are you from?

I am currently answering your mail

I am from Steglitz, where are you from?

Hello community! I’m Armel working for Bosch in Germany. Since I’ve visited the website, lead here by @Rory - Sustainable Design Studio, I want to use the scalability of Bosch to support. My idea is the following: provide the machines you all need to set up your businesses, but as a pay-per-use system. That means that instead of paying thousands of euros to have the machines set, Bosch can sell it per minute it is used, for instance 1€/minute, to fit the need the closest and reduce the costs.

1:40 PM

I don’t imagine this business model to be creating a lot of margin for Bosch, but it would help the community to scale and grow, which is my main goal. I want to propose this into an intra-company start-up context, and I still have a lot of questions, and I think I will use this channel to ask them.

1:42 PM

Don’t hesitate to contact me.

Howdy y'all! Anyone in here doing precious plastic work in Texas? (especially if DFW or North Texas/Oklahoma region)

@Racletteman wäre eine Überlegung

ich möchte zB was starten, aber habe noch keine Maschinen. Mir würde ein kleiner Schredder und eine kleine Injection Maschine reichen

Daniel E.

@Racletteman wäre eine Überlegung

ich möchte zB was starten, aber habe noch keine Maschinen. Mir würde ein kleiner Schredder und eine kleine Injection Maschine reichen

Extremely cool, great way to start. So, I don’t have anything available yet, but I have a lot of questions. Can I get in touch and ask them to you? Like as a questionnaire or something ?

Racletteman

Extremely cool, great way to start. So, I don’t have anything available yet, but I have a lot of questions. Can I get in touch and ask them to you? Like as a questionnaire or something ?

Sure

hi, we are developing an educational plastic lab (with a shredder en injection) for children in the netherlands and i'm trying to find out if there any permit or legal issues with off gassing of melted plastic while working with children. anyone has experience with this? we are planning to install a proper ventilation system next to the machines.

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I am not sure, as long as you have the right safety precautions (fumes mask, fumes sucker etc) you should be fine, but I honestly have no idea.

We are based in the NorthWest of England https://community.preciousplastic.com/u/nestonhighschoolmakerspace

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Does anyone know that recycled plastic can be made into blind boxes or trendy toys?

hello guys i am doing a final year project on shredding machines for recycling plastic materials is there any books you suggest me to take refferences ?

Hi everyone,

8:59 PM

I aim to create a precious plastic workspace in Rome, I would want to know if it's possible to gain money by crowdfunding or if it is against precious plastic community rules. Thank you for your attention.

Andrada Calin started a thread. 3/28/2022 10:46 PM

Gillscorner

Hi everyone, we're setting up a community in Wiltshire UK - we now have a Facebook Group and a logo made using the figma software, so now have 9 stars - would like to get our pin on the map too can someone make us an ally? Cheers

Hi I posted this a while back, can anyone help me get our pin on the map?

Gillscorner

Hi I posted this a while back, can anyone help me get our pin on the map?

Could you re-edit your pin and I can take a look at it and accept it

Hi there, I am a student at a university in Australia, we are doing an interview on activism with plastic, if anyone is able to answer some questions that would be great! 1) What happens to plastic that cannot be recycled? 2) what do you think is the biggest problem with plastic? 3) why is plastic controversial? is plastic evil? 4)does banning single-use plastic even make a bigger dent in the problem of climate change? 5) is there anything you think RMIT can do better with plastic waste, and what tools do you think will be needed? 6) when we ban plastic, doesn't that force us to use other materials that are more expensive, and energy-intensive? shouldn't we keep using it, but just get better at recycling? Thank you so much!

Jessieshan123

Hi there, I am a student at a university in Australia, we are doing an interview on activism with plastic, if anyone is able to answer some questions that would be great! 1) What happens to plastic that cannot be recycled? 2) what do you think is the biggest problem with plastic? 3) why is plastic controversial? is plastic evil? 4)does banning single-use plastic even make a bigger dent in the problem of climate change? 5) is there anything you think RMIT can do better with plastic waste, and what tools do you think will be needed? 6) when we ban plastic, doesn't that force us to use other materials that are more expensive, and energy-intensive? shouldn't we keep using it, but just get better at recycling? Thank you so much!

Hello! I am a student at Southern Illinois University in the USA and run a club based off of the Precious Plastic movement. SIU is located by a forest that covers a large area at the bottom of the state and is, for the most part, a very environmentally friendly university. Each year, SIU awards monetary grants to its students for environmentally friendly projects or research initiatives, which a group of friends and I took advantage of to obtain the funds necessary to set up a club. If everything goes well, this club will soon allow students to gain hands- on experience in product design and promote small scale recycling. I am not nearly as experienced as some of the other people on this server, but I tried to answer your questions as best I could in the thread attached to your post. (I didnt realize threads show up next to the text channels though and I couldn't delete it so I set the thread to archive in one hour so that it hopefully won't disrupt the server) The response was a bit long so I attached it to this word document. (edited)

Discord_Response_for_Plastics_Recycling_RMIT.docx

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Julie

Hi there, nice to have you on discord! you can start with have a look on the how-to set up a mixed workspace. (https://community.preciousplastic.com/how-to/set-up-a-mix-workspace) and follow the steps.

the link is broken

Hey precious plastics community

I am throughly impressed with everything. I’m dreaming of starting a site here in Canada and want to talk to as many people who have started a site so I can know what I’m getting myself into (all of those YT videos only made me want to talk to people living in it) if this is you please dm me!!

https://forms.gle/upASjTHEaWdZijmd8 HPO invites you to share your skills in the field of material recycling at «Milano Design Week 2022». The international architectural practice Andrea Caputo is curating and hosting an exhibition designed by HPO, starting this June. The exhibition focuses specifically on objects destruction and materials transformation, displaying several functioning shredding machines in front of a large public. The show is organized as an audiovisual performance, with the collaboration of sound/lighting designers and any individual who is interested in sharing their cultural or material contribution regarding the theme of material transformation. During the Design Week a series of talks, musical events, and performances are scheduled to be staged around these machines. Therefore, HPO invites all the community that gathers around material destruction and recycling to bring their shredders to Milan and/or join the event with a physical or digital contribution. With the help of the HPO staff, the machine owners will be asked to show the process to the public in some specific moments during the Design Week, based on their availability. The exhibition will be set up in a 350 sm venue, nearby Milano Centrale railway station. It will be open to the public from 6th to 13th June 2022. If you are interested in bringing your shredder to Milan please let us know, so we could manage to bring it there in the last week of May. All inquiries can be sent to info@h-p-o.eu If you are interested in participating or in giving a proposal, do not hesitate to send us an e-mail. Submission: We ask you to fill out this form by May 6th and you will hear back from HPO immediately. https://forms.gle/upASjTHEaWdZijmd8 www.h-p-o.eu www.andreacaputo.com Thank you!

OPEN CALL: European shredders in Milan - June 2022

HPO invites you to share your skills in the field of material recycling at «Milano Design Week 2022». The international architectural practice Andrea Caputo is curating and hosting an exhibition designed by HPO, starting this June. The exhibition focuses specifically on objects destruction and materials transformation, displaying several func...

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Posted in #🍔north-america as well: https://discord.com/channels/586676777334865928/598855096121425920/970813010698457118

How do I get access to the North America channel? I'm trying to see if there is anyone in the New England area

@FusedStamen country channels unlocks once you choose your project on #🖐start-here , let me know if still have problems finding it

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Well I reacted to the plastics one and got these channels but I don’t see any country ones

ohhhh i have to react to the globe thing

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FusedStamen

ohhhh i have to react to the globe thing

I see you have the cp role, this should show you REGIONS at the bottom of the channels. Strange.

9:48 AM

also just tested the server with Community Platform role and REGIONS seem to be there

9:48 AM

you still having trouble?

Mattia

also just tested the server with Community Platform role and REGIONS seem to be there

Nope, thank you! I didn’t realize it was part of the community role sorry about that. Thanks for the help!

Please i have a relatively urgent question. Is the sheetpress capable of producing 2mm sheets?

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mr.midas360

Please i have a relatively urgent question. Is the sheetpress capable of producing 2mm sheets?

Yes it is!

The thinnest we've made so far was a 1mm/1.5mm sheet

Hey guys, do you got an overview / a map with all active members kinda located on a map or something? I'd love to know if there are any people in Munich / Bavaria

here on the discord

dncn4e

Hey guys, do you got an overview / a map with all active members kinda located on a map or something? I'd love to know if there are any people in Munich / Bavaria

here on the discord

hey @dncn4e check out the community map -> https://community.preciousplastic.com/map (edited)

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dncn4e

Hey guys, do you got an overview / a map with all active members kinda located on a map or something? I'd love to know if there are any people in Munich / Bavaria

here on the discord

our very own @Kat is from those pretzel areas

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dncn4e

Hey guys, do you got an overview / a map with all active members kinda located on a map or something? I'd love to know if there are any people in Munich / Bavaria

here on the discord

Yes

@Severin from PP Munich

Hi there, I was wondering if there are still badges for the workspaces, collectionpoints etc.?

Hi! Anyone here can help me with making a logo? The online logo generator is too hard for me. I don't need nothing fancy, just a simple logo with our name on it. :)) Would help a lot.

What is your name?

hi guys!

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Hi All, Is the community.pp.com website currently down?

Geoff (PBI NTB)

Hi All, Is the community.pp.com website currently down?

No shouldn't be - your're using community.preciousplastic.com yah?

Geoff (PBI NTB)

Hi All, Is the community.pp.com website currently down?

i sometimes get weird issues with the website but i found that if the page doesn't load, you can hold down the shift key and click the reload button. This refreshes the cache memory for the webpage and things always open right up fo rme.

Bebe

Hi! Anyone here can help me with making a logo? The online logo generator is too hard for me. I don't need nothing fancy, just a simple logo with our name on it. :)) Would help a lot.

if you still need help, lemme know. In the meantime i made this for you.

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There's currently a protest in QLD, Australia against the eviction of a tenant in public (state) housing who appears to be a member of the Precious Plastic community. I'm not sure if anyone here in the discord is aware, so I'm just dropping by to point this out. Link to details; https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce4y9mwPoin/?hl=en

michael.berkman

We're down at 25 Waverley Rd Taringa stopping the Qld Govt from evicting David, one of my constituents. He's a disability pensioner living in public housing. Jonathan Sri, Councillor for The Gabba is locked to the front door. We won't be moving. I'm askingandto call off the police and let David stay in his home. Evicting a disability pensioner...

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I'm looking for mentor type who wouldn't mind helping me with some questions I have with starting a mixed lab in the U.S. I'm currently in the planning phase. Preparing to apply for grants. I've started to lay the ground work for sourcing materials. I'm also trying to price out all of the possible expenses for creating an educational mixed lab business. Any experience/wisdom sharing would be greatly appreciated.

Ben - Precious Plastic Ciledug started a thread. 6/20/2022 8:55 AM

PunkyardDog started a thread. 6/23/2022 1:06 AM

Heyyyy. I am part of a community of people who pick up litter on the weekends. We'd like to set up a plastic collection point and were wondering if there is a revenue-generation component to this -- assuming we collect alot of clean plastic, is there a way to then sell this to shredders/etc in exchange for money? Would really appreciate an answer to this question

Hello everybody, im searching people that would like to create a new community in Italy starting from instangram profile

9:55 AM

Write me if you are interested.

9:55 AM

And of course I would like speak with someone that already started this kind of activity

9:56 AM

Thank you!!

Hello! I'm part of an organization launching a full Mix Workspace in Breckenridge, Colorado. Does anyone know where I can buy Precious Plastic Stamps for #1, #2, #5, and #6 plastics? I attempted to purchase them on the Bazaar but can't get ahold of anyone.

cruzini

Heyyyy. I am part of a community of people who pick up litter on the weekends. We'd like to set up a plastic collection point and were wondering if there is a revenue-generation component to this -- assuming we collect alot of clean plastic, is there a way to then sell this to shredders/etc in exchange for money? Would really appreciate an answer to this question

There could be. But you'd need to find someone who wants to buy the plastic from you or find people who are willing to pay you for picking up litter. If your country/state/province has a deposit program on bottles and cans, then you might be able to get the deposit money back.

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in my region (btw: austria), recycling costs even as at least one being a nonprofitorganisation. still I think it's not work the truck's fuel if it can get upcycled by PreciousPlastic's community instead? that's why I'm focusing on sharing unshreddered plastic so others could re-shape its melted amounts (why offering them for coins only? I'd just refer to time/mins wasted at red-trafficlights with no cars/people, which could preferable be just a crosswalk instead)

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Does anyone have advice in terms of making tiles used for roofing, Or plastic solutions for roofs? Also looking to make crutches out of the plastic? Any advice? Thank you, any input is highly appreciated!

NelsonMandela

Does anyone have advice in terms of making tiles used for roofing, Or plastic solutions for roofs? Also looking to make crutches out of the plastic? Any advice? Thank you, any input is highly appreciated!

If i were to make a roof, i would make it more like a shingle roof. The team at Project Kamp made a roof but had lots of trouble with the joints due to warpage. Consider making plastic slats, it will use more material than making a flat roof but you wont have the sheet warpage issue i think. Also you'll need some sort of UV protection. Plastic crutches? All the plastic beams/planks/extrusions i've made have me feeling that it wont be sturdy enough but it wouldn't hurt to try making one to see if it's feasible or not.

Hi everyone I’m a high school student currently studying in the king’s school , Canterbury (in England). I would like to start a precious plastic workspace at my school. I have imagined a hybrid between a shredder and a sheet press workspace. Although I know there are starter kits on the precious plastic website I’m unsure of how to use them. So, I’m writing you this email to help me get a rough estimate on how much it would cost to build the machines and how much space will be needed. I would also like to request your help to write an essay to my school’s head of co-curricular, to convince that this is a worthwhile investment for the school to be more environmentally friendly and also benefit for it in other ways. Thanks Ayan

Bananaman

Hi everyone I’m a high school student currently studying in the king’s school , Canterbury (in England). I would like to start a precious plastic workspace at my school. I have imagined a hybrid between a shredder and a sheet press workspace. Although I know there are starter kits on the precious plastic website I’m unsure of how to use them. So, I’m writing you this email to help me get a rough estimate on how much it would cost to build the machines and how much space will be needed. I would also like to request your help to write an essay to my school’s head of co-curricular, to convince that this is a worthwhile investment for the school to be more environmentally friendly and also benefit for it in other ways. Thanks Ayan

Hey, I'm just down the road from you (Folkestone) and also interested in starting a precious plastic project locally. If your school would need/like any non-faculty volunteers (software engineer by trade, but pretty handy with making stuff too) I'd be happy to join in with you guys, or if your school doesn't want to/can't start one, perhaps any interested students could help us all get something moving in the local area outside of the school?

Hi everyone, I'm located in the US. I am uncertain if this is the right place to be, but I am interested in finding/buying/making/otherwise acquiring a machine(s) that would allow me to turn plastic flakes into spun thread. I know it's possible, there are several brand names of yarn that are now made from recycled plastic, but I'd like to do it small-scale in my home or kids' school. Any suggestions on where to start?

Danielle

Hi everyone, I'm located in the US. I am uncertain if this is the right place to be, but I am interested in finding/buying/making/otherwise acquiring a machine(s) that would allow me to turn plastic flakes into spun thread. I know it's possible, there are several brand names of yarn that are now made from recycled plastic, but I'd like to do it small-scale in my home or kids' school. Any suggestions on where to start?

Hello Danielle! Disclaimer, I'm relatively new to Precious Plastic myself but I've been doing a lot of research so I'll try to help! I haven't heard of a DIY solution for making plastic thread/yarn -- I've seen 3D printer filament made, and the process is theoretically similar, but I don't know that anyone has worked out the necessary tools and extra steps. Since the yarn/thread is made of many individual filaments wound together, you'd need an extruder plate with a lot of tiny holes, then some sort of winding machine to combine the individual strands into a single thread. Brand name manufacturers have big industrial machines to do it, but I'm not sure how feasible it is on a smaller scale. Here's a primer video for how it's done in the industry: https://youtu.be/K1mNnoUBeZM

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How Plastic PET Bottles are Made into Polyester Fabric

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thank you! I have an electric spinning wheel already so theoretically, I'd only need the machines to do the shredding, melting, and extruding

Yah, I think the process is solved all the way up to the actual extrusion of the filaments -- that's the tricky part, I think, because you need to get the plastic REALLY thin before it cools and solidifies. Might be worthwhile to look into how folks are making 3D printer filament and see if there's a way to modify the process to get even thinner diameter filament.

Zawo🦁

Good morning all, I don't know if I'm in the right "category" for this but i would like to know if there is a workshop in France or Belgium where it is possible to go (with your own plastic) and use one or several machine(s) (in this case i would like to use an “Extrusion“) independently and for a reasonable price (a plastic MakiLab in fact

). Thanks in advance for your feedback, WW

in which area are you looking at? In Hasselt there is a place (makerspace.pxluhasselt.be)

Danielle

Hi everyone, I'm located in the US. I am uncertain if this is the right place to be, but I am interested in finding/buying/making/otherwise acquiring a machine(s) that would allow me to turn plastic flakes into spun thread. I know it's possible, there are several brand names of yarn that are now made from recycled plastic, but I'd like to do it small-scale in my home or kids' school. Any suggestions on where to start?

I've made some stringy mess with my extrusion machine. If you were to extrude HDPE and then pull the plastic while it extrudes, you can get small threads, but I don't think it's possible to get it as small as a fiber you'd find in yarn with this method but I could be wrong.

hi, i'm tomi, founder of fenikss, an impact project in which we transform the plastic waste collected in soccer clubs, located in marginalized neighborhoods, into soccer shin guards, and for every pair we sell, we give another one as a prize to its players for caring environment

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Hello Precious Plastic Community! I hope you all are having a great day. I'm Robert, Project assistant of Pangea Mangrove Sunglasses, a start-up project under the Pangea Movement. Our project is to produce eco-friendly sunglasses that are made out of recycled plastic. We're looking for designers and companies in Europe, the USA, and China that have experience in making sunglasses designs for injection machines that can create the design and the full render.

Hey there everyone! I'm Rita, a Portuguese designer and youth worker. I've been looking into setting up a Precious Plastic workspace here in Portugal but still got a lot to learn. Hopefully this Discord will help with getting even more familiar with the whole process! If any of you would like to connect and share your insights, message me! It would also be nice to meet some people who are in Portugal for possible future collaborations

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Ben - Precious Plastic Ciledug

If i were to make a roof, i would make it more like a shingle roof. The team at Project Kamp made a roof but had lots of trouble with the joints due to warpage. Consider making plastic slats, it will use more material than making a flat roof but you wont have the sheet warpage issue i think. Also you'll need some sort of UV protection. Plastic crutches? All the plastic beams/planks/extrusions i've made have me feeling that it wont be sturdy enough but it wouldn't hurt to try making one to see if it's feasible or not.

Regarding the crutches, I think it would be interesting to make the parts that are already originally plastic (arm support and handles) out of recycled plastic, but keeping the tubes in aluminum

Cant find the link to request to become a pin on the community map

can someone share it with me again please ? cc @Jacek (edited)

Sigolene

Cant find the link to request to become a pin on the community map

can someone share it with me again please ? cc @Jacek (edited)

It's in the profile sittings

Hi everyone, Somehoe I'm always struggling with placing a logo or image in the pp logo generator. Does anyone see something I do wrong? I would like the logo to be cutted by the outline of the flag. Have a great day

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how do I find the check list to get a workshop ?

Alex_recycles and creates

how do I find the check list to get a workshop ?

What kind of Check list are you looking for?

the check list to get a workspace

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on the map

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I requested one

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but then denied it

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Im like the only member in my state

never mind I found it

I'm very new to this and wanted to ask a few questions. I'm trying to figure out if I can rally my neighborhood to "co-own" this workshop. I can do the investment but don't have the ability (time/skills) to do the building. So... I'm in Los Angeles and not sure what kind of permits are required and what kind of space one has to rent? Has anyone partnered with High School/Community Colleges to host the workshop? Finally, any thoughts on costs to get this up and running? Sorry for all the questions and if this isn't the right place to ask - sorry again - please point me in the right direction.

rpray2007

I'm very new to this and wanted to ask a few questions. I'm trying to figure out if I can rally my neighborhood to "co-own" this workshop. I can do the investment but don't have the ability (time/skills) to do the building. So... I'm in Los Angeles and not sure what kind of permits are required and what kind of space one has to rent? Has anyone partnered with High School/Community Colleges to host the workshop? Finally, any thoughts on costs to get this up and running? Sorry for all the questions and if this isn't the right place to ask - sorry again - please point me in the right direction.

You should hit up Precious Plastic LA to see what they're up to and pick their brain. https://www.instagram.com/preciousplasticla/ Costs to get running? well, if you own a house and it has a garage then you can sort of absorb some costs that way. Some people get creative with where they operate by finding free places to operate out of. Sometimes it takes a bit of networking and you can find something. Another thing to consider is have a look for FabLabs. LA is a big area so you can try and pick the brains of people who run a fablab, in Costa Mesa there's a fablab and i feel that precious plastic machines fit right in with their equipment. To run a successful community? My wife says that communities are formed when people are forced to deal with eachother. It can be a difficult task, but it should be possible to create some sort of educational program to teach people about plastic recycling for high schools or community college. I have not partnered with either but what I have seen is that some high schools or universities might have a teacher who is interested in precious plastic and manages to get a grant to make a workspace happen.

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But, there's a lot of ways things can go. I'm not sure what the best way to go is, but do your homework.

I got a question

8:10 PM

If I become a shredder workshop can I transition to a mix workshop ??

hello

Alex_recycles and creates

If I become a shredder workshop can I transition to a mix workshop ??

Sure, why not? I don't think there's any reason why you can't.

Super CHEAP and EASY to use PP STICKERS PreciousPlastic

-> Hi PP guys, im bringing little tip, regarding circular stickers, with easy application, without need of cutting sticker with scissors, in order to make it circular. We ordered it in BULK, with price just 0,01 EUR/sticker

. It was pre-cutted circular shape. Since PP logo is not perfect circle, graphic designer just added little thin black circular layer. Maybe you would find it handy ->. Disadvantage is , that it is not looking 100% perfect, but for regular and repeating usage its working great

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Super CHEAP and EASY to use PP STICKERS PreciousPlastic

-> Hi PP guys, im bringing little tip, regarding circular stickers, with easy application, without need of cutting sticker with scissors, in order to make it circular. We ordered it in BULK, with price just 0,01 EUR/sticker

. It was pre-cutted circular shape. Since PP logo is not perfect circle, graphic designer just added little thin black circular layer. Maybe you would find it handy ->. Disadvantage is , that it is not looking 100% perfect, but for regular and repeating usage its working great

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There's also transparent stickers you can use. Main issue is that there will be color bleeding through from the plastic/whatever is behind it when you go that route

Today I am guest speaker for PechaKucha in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Will be talking mostly about Precious Plastic community and try to reach for local enthusiasts and volunteers for our newly built PP recycling center! Expected to be around 300 locals live + others on live stream.

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dncn4e

Hey guys, do you got an overview / a map with all active members kinda located on a map or something? I'd love to know if there are any people in Munich / Bavaria

here on the discord

ping. Well, I guess "on Discord" is kind of a joke when I see your message about half a year later

Graveheist

Hello Danielle! Disclaimer, I'm relatively new to Precious Plastic myself but I've been doing a lot of research so I'll try to help! I haven't heard of a DIY solution for making plastic thread/yarn -- I've seen 3D printer filament made, and the process is theoretically similar, but I don't know that anyone has worked out the necessary tools and extra steps. Since the yarn/thread is made of many individual filaments wound together, you'd need an extruder plate with a lot of tiny holes, then some sort of winding machine to combine the individual strands into a single thread. Brand name manufacturers have big industrial machines to do it, but I'm not sure how feasible it is on a smaller scale. Here's a primer video for how it's done in the industry: https://youtu.be/K1mNnoUBeZM

fiber we have made a couple years ago. we made a spray gun attached to the end of the extrusion machine, cranked up the heat to 300c. the air was fed from a air compressor and then thru the heating element of a hot air gun and then to the nozzle. that was the most difficult part as we burned out many heat elements, and everything was tig welded stainless with a lot of custom lathe turned parts. . You could also make a spinnerette which is like a cotton candy machine with PET plastic. You could drip hot PET from the extrusion to a cotton candy machine (where the sugar is fed in) although have not tried that. Lastly you could use a blower and nozzle like Kolev does and drip hot plastic in front of the blower nozzle which will give you a airborne stream of fiber that will be cool by the time it lands across the room.

Martin PP Slovakia

Super CHEAP and EASY to use PP STICKERS PreciousPlastic

-> Hi PP guys, im bringing little tip, regarding circular stickers, with easy application, without need of cutting sticker with scissors, in order to make it circular. We ordered it in BULK, with price just 0,01 EUR/sticker

. It was pre-cutted circular shape. Since PP logo is not perfect circle, graphic designer just added little thin black circular layer. Maybe you would find it handy ->. Disadvantage is , that it is not looking 100% perfect, but for regular and repeating usage its working great

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We use a waterproof label paper from Lazada and then seal the ink with clear acrylic spray for all our safety labels

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We did a Christmas workshop with kids and teach them to use extrusion machine. Also educated kids about Precious Plastic community and got some new members!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cl0yZwnt5d4/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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marjanzitnik

We did a Christmas workshop with kids and teach them to use extrusion machine. Also educated kids about Precious Plastic community and got some new members!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cl0yZwnt5d4/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Beautiful! (I was waiting to have my machines ready, and then I want to do something with all the caps I collected during my vacation in Croatia this summer!)

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Is there any way to message through the PP map at all? I have what appears to be great resources around me, but a distinct lack of contact information.

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Can we use the pp logo? Is there some sort of caveat we need to be made aware of if we use PP logo?

ShakiraHips

Can we use the pp logo? Is there some sort of caveat we need to be made aware of if we use PP logo?

there is a wonderful set of instructions about that on preciousplastic.com in the academy section (edited)

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blastic

there is a wonderful set of instructions about that on preciousplastic.com in the academy section (edited)

Thank you!

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Anyone in the los angeles area doing precious plastics related work? I saw a few people on the community map but they didn't have any contact info.

We wanna make an workspace in our village, where should we start, any advices?

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We have a 400m² land with a great access to the road and the beach is only 40m away (easy to access to boat or ship to import/export goods)

11:58 AM

We have been thinking of making walls of the workspace from metal roof panels, some offered that should be stone bricks, what do you advice?

N.V.I New Vision Implements

We have been thinking of making walls of the workspace from metal roof panels, some offered that should be stone bricks, what do you advice?

You could do that. If you really want to be fancy try using the brick mold (https://bazar.preciousplastic.com/moulds/extruder-moulds/v4-open-brick-mould/).

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Or you could use the brick mold to create walls inside the building if you won’t want that to be the exterior.

look to set up a facility in st louis

N.V.I New Vision Implements

We wanna make an workspace in our village, where should we start, any advices?

The answer depends on what you want to do. Just make sure you have enough funding and a plan

Hi! I'm looking to get started and not sure where or what to do.

I have a lot of management experience and I think I could defintiely contribute to setting up a shredding/cleaning/sorting facility in my area. The probelm is I lack the funds and I don't know how confident I am in obtaining a business loan. Any thoughts on how to move forward would be greatly appreciated!

Kristakat

Hi! I'm looking to get started and not sure where or what to do.

I have a lot of management experience and I think I could defintiely contribute to setting up a shredding/cleaning/sorting facility in my area. The probelm is I lack the funds and I don't know how confident I am in obtaining a business loan. Any thoughts on how to move forward would be greatly appreciated!

I'm fairly new to doing this (under a year) but can make some observations based on my experience. The first is that you will have NO SHORTAGE of plastic! The amount of plastic waste in our communities is absolutely shocking, and very little of it gets recycled. If you're like me, your urge is to figure out how to recycle it all! But that ways lies madness. We can't fix everything today, so we should focus first on where we can have the most impact for the least effort. So for example, #2 plastics such as milk jugs are very widely recycled and have good markets -- people will want to save you their milk jugs, but if there is probably industrial scale recycling in your community that already takes very good care of that. If you can identify a plastic source that is currently not recycled, and it's a good source (easy to shred, minimal or no sorting or cleaning required), you have the best makings of both a business plan (spending the least to go from waste plastic to shreds for sale) and something that may appeal to funding opportunities such as grants. (edited)

Kristakat

Hi! I'm looking to get started and not sure where or what to do.

I have a lot of management experience and I think I could defintiely contribute to setting up a shredding/cleaning/sorting facility in my area. The probelm is I lack the funds and I don't know how confident I am in obtaining a business loan. Any thoughts on how to move forward would be greatly appreciated!

I think you'll find that it's not as easy as the videos make it look. I don't want to tell you to get a loan and jump in. Depending on where you live, there might be existing recycling chain models that work fairly well. Perhaps some recycling association? They likely use machines that have higher capacity than what precious plastic has. But just writer up a business plan and try and figure out where the plastics come from and where it goes, and how you can make money. It's not always easy.

Hi! We are almost ready to launch our Precious Plastic MIX workshop, we are working on the safety protocol and planning the activities to involve the community. Could you share any information related to these, it would help a lot to learn from your experience!

Zulma

Hi! We are almost ready to launch our Precious Plastic MIX workshop, we are working on the safety protocol and planning the activities to involve the community. Could you share any information related to these, it would help a lot to learn from your experience!

I suggest doing a Safety Brief before people start using the workspace. Don't let inexperienced folks in without giving some sort of orientation first. Don't stick fingers in running machines. Don't touch hot things without gloves. Don't put hair or clothing or anything dangly near the shredder. People with long hair should do something to keep their hair out of the machines. You don't pull out food from the oven when it's hot by your bare hands, plastic is the same. Getting burned sometimes happens. Make sure your gear is right. I've been doing this for years and i still get a mild burn or cut here and there. Usually a cut from sharp edges of moulds or a burn from me working on something i don't normally do.

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4:38 AM

Make sure your space is well ventilated but maybe don't have fans blowing directly on the machines.

4:38 AM

Im not sure what else advice to give you. Good luck!

I am looking for posters and flyers of Precious Plastic translated into the Dutch language or a way to do so. Not all the participants we will be working with on this project are equally proficient in reading the English language.

Hi, good morning. I'm looking for a summer project and a few years ago I discovered this idea. I would like to receive information to be able to provide my help somewhere, where it is necessary, if someone knows where I could go or who to talk to, I would be delighted to read them, I am a product designer with solidworks management and I am training in mechanical design right now

carlos.glez18

Hi, good morning. I'm looking for a summer project and a few years ago I discovered this idea. I would like to receive information to be able to provide my help somewhere, where it is necessary, if someone knows where I could go or who to talk to, I would be delighted to read them, I am a product designer with solidworks management and I am training in mechanical design right now

Hey Carlos! Are you looking to travel across the world or stay local? Are you funding yourself and volunteering or looking for employment? I think many workspaces might appreciate a helping hand. You might need go find individual workspaces and ask more directly.

Hi Ben! Yeah! I would like to travel to another place. I have no problem moving. I would like to spend a period as a volunteer learning these techniques and helping, which in the end is what it is about. Yeah! I will also try in smaller groups to see if there is luck and someone needs help.

Hi everyone, we have been part of the community for a few years now acting as a community point and have always been on the map from the start, we recently got the chance to get the workshop equipped with machines...I am updating our profile on preciousplasticcommunity.com and we seem to have disappeared from the map..... On the ally checklist now and I am wondering who do we have to talk to or notify to be able to get checked and put back on the map

How do I deactivate a pin?

Micka

Hi everyone, we have been part of the community for a few years now acting as a community point and have always been on the map from the start, we recently got the chance to get the workshop equipped with machines...I am updating our profile on preciousplasticcommunity.com and we seem to have disappeared from the map..... On the ally checklist now and I am wondering who do we have to talk to or notify to be able to get checked and put back on the map

I think the map was reset at some point. If I recall correctly, just go through the process for creating a new pin and someone will get around to adding your pin. I don't think it's an automatic process

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Hi there, I´m Rui Abranches from Portugal, Lisbon. I am curious, interested, and enthusiastic about everything you do and represent, as a community and as a philosophy of life. I'm a supply chain guy, with more than 25 years in the most varied sectors of activity. I am a volunteer in a sports and cultural association that intends to develop a program for young people and adults on the subject of plastic recycling. It was with this pretext that I happily found you. All help is welcome

Abranches

Hi there, I´m Rui Abranches from Portugal, Lisbon. I am curious, interested, and enthusiastic about everything you do and represent, as a community and as a philosophy of life. I'm a supply chain guy, with more than 25 years in the most varied sectors of activity. I am a volunteer in a sports and cultural association that intends to develop a program for young people and adults on the subject of plastic recycling. It was with this pretext that I happily found you. All help is welcome

Welcome Rui! The Precious Plastic community is quite large. What are you looking to do in Lisbon? Set up a new workspace?

Hi Ben, thanks The idea is to create a workspace (like yours in a container). Involving associates in building the job site and machines. Train some people in the use of machines. Open space to the community Then develop a program for young people and adults on the subject of plastic recycling

hey Im trying to get into PP and I am currently trying to find how to build a shredder pro but I dont have any machines or welders to make it. Does anyone know of maker spaces or ways I can build the machine on my own

Crazy_Dave15

hey Im trying to get into PP and I am currently trying to find how to build a shredder pro but I dont have any machines or welders to make it. Does anyone know of maker spaces or ways I can build the machine on my own

Considering there's makerspaces all over the world, you might want to be a little more specific with your request.

well I mean if places like that even exist

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if places there are places that are open to the public that have those kind of machines

7:43 AM

but I live in Denver

Crazy_Dave15

but I live in Denver

A quick Google search shows results for makerspaces in Denver and surrounding area. Hopefully you'll make the right connections in these communities to sort out your material and tooling needs. My suggestion for you is to buy a kit. You probably are trying to save money, so one way to do this is to buy a kit. Buying a shredder box plus motor and gearbox will save you a lot of hassle because it should all fit together just fine. Then you focus on some of the electronics and building a frame for the shredder to mount to.

okay yeah ill do that thanks

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I appreciate the advice

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Hello! Wasn't sure where to ask this since I can't type in any bazar related channel as far as I'm aware... Is there a way to filter the sellers by location or look for a specific one? There is a machine workspace in Colorado by a "tom-k" and I was hoping to see if he sells before I email him. I'm also just looking to see his stuff not actually buy yet for probably a while because I might work with a few groups in my university to write a grant and allow us to purchase machines and I would prefer to buy them from as close as possible which is where looking by location would be helpful

Has anyone conducted an energy analysis on creating plastic sheets? I looked through the how-to of the PP community section but there isn't any research I could find. Also microplastic research. Is there a location where research on PP is shared?

Microplastic is interesting - I've been back and forth thinking about it but it seems like all plastic (unless it's buried or otherwise captured/protected) is guaranteed to turn into microplastics. We shouldn't aim to make the problem worse but consolidating plastic into large parts/reusing it one more time seems like morally/ethically better than it being trash unless/until professional or commercial reuse/recapture becomes commonplace

Agreed. It seems like a mostly unavoidable problem at this point. As you mentioned, we certainly don't want to contribute to making it worse. I think it would be interesting to test the microplastic "emission" from some of the PP products such as the plastic tiles being used for roofing or other outdoor uses that would normally not contain plastic.

My larger curiosity is the energy use needed to grind and melt the plastic into sheets.

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My larger curiosity is the energy use needed to grind and melt the plastic into sheets.

It's not super difficult to figure this out but you'll need to find someone who has taken the time to record meter readings. 15kw for sheet press when it's heating up to target temperature. Duty cycle will vary on machine conditions (cold room, wind, material, construction). If duty cycle is 50% then you'll see something like 7.5kwh plus however long it took for temperature to stabilize. The numbers might be less or more, just a guesstimate. Shredder might be rated at 1.5kw, so running it under full load for 1 hour would get you 1.5kwh. This is not likely a figure you'll hit because you will be jamming your machine. Really you need to find someone who has these machines and take the time and ability to get the real numbers.

Agreed, best way to do it would just be to measure power draw from the wall with a simple plug-in unit. I could set up the experiment so it would just be plug and play if there was someone willing to do the testing on their machines. Then I could take the data and make a report for the site. Plastic recycling is obviously great but I think it's important to measure the impact it's having on other systems like power usage. (edited)

I have no idea where this goes https://youtu.be/vqXmgfA8ECA

Inside Edition

This House Is Made Entirely of Plastic

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Potato Head was interviewed in this

Hi Everyone.

My name is Nuño, I would kindly like to ask for help reaching out to people from the Precious Plastic community in China. I am a Spanish artist currently based in Berlin. And I will be in Chengdu for two months from June to July as part of an International Art Residency Program, where I will be working on a sustainable art project. I have been researching sustainable production and exploring the use of discarded plastic for my artistic installations. (For instance: https://action-io.com/works/correlation-waves/) In fact, I have collaborated with people and workshops in Berlin that utilize Precious Plastic machines, and I greatly admire the open project and the community. I would be grateful for any guidance on locating workshops, makers or communities in Chengdu that works with plastic recycling. PS. I have been trying to reach out to Precious Plastic Shanghai and Re-Makerspace NYUSH for weeks but I have had no answer. Thanks for the help

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Hello , ... I asked this question in the latin-america channel, as we are having some plans for a community live meeting with all current active spaces, later this year But we @GusMerckel from PlasticoChido and I, ahead of this reunion, (him taken alone all the logistics for previous event in 2022), we are finding some resistance from all precious plastic spaces and other not selfconsidered PP, but we include everyone active For the general clarity of this situation and how their contribution impacts the PP environment in that channel I found no answer, so I bring it here... (edited)

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Ruben

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Translation comes as... there were many MX spaces that find it confusing , this most important question, for how the info should be entered... What does really meant that the information should be addressed in TONS? (with no commas or dots ) There are various spaces that work with less than 30kgs per month, and there was the main confusion It would be nice, if we can pass answers to address this, and bring them all them in, in our annual meeting (edited)

9:48 PM

thanks

sounds like PP is hunting for everyone recycling 30kgs to mark down 1 ton so they have bigger numbers

waterppk

sounds like PP is hunting for everyone recycling 30kgs to mark down 1 ton so they have bigger numbers

Well at least five spaces with in this escenario, making jewelry's, custom glasses, coasters, etc, things that doesnt need that much volume, many hand-proccess that the principal resource is time to get the final products

Hey, the whole community/academy section isn't working for me currently: https://community.preciousplastic.com/ Anyone else?

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Graveheist

Yah, I think the process is solved all the way up to the actual extrusion of the filaments -- that's the tricky part, I think, because you need to get the plastic REALLY thin before it cools and solidifies. Might be worthwhile to look into how folks are making 3D printer filament and see if there's a way to modify the process to get even thinner diameter filament.

@Danielle Maybe they use some device like I've seen on youtube using a hotmelt glue to make fake spider webs?

GamingFedora

Potato Head was interviewed in this

Gary is from Sungai Watch, they are not affiliated with Potato Head. I'm not sure why the interviewer included them both like this.

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https://instagram.com/sungaiwatch?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Great folks with a huge team cleaning up rivers. (edited)

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Ben - Precious Plastic Ciledug

Gary is from Sungai Watch, they are not affiliated with Potato Head. I'm not sure why the interviewer included them both like this.

Ah, noted.

Ruben

Translation comes as... there were many MX spaces that find it confusing , this most important question, for how the info should be entered... What does really meant that the information should be addressed in TONS? (with no commas or dots ) There are various spaces that work with less than 30kgs per month, and there was the main confusion It would be nice, if we can pass answers to address this, and bring them all them in, in our annual meeting (edited)

Hello Ruben, my name is Thomé and I am part of the Team of PP and collaborated to create the Impact survey. The choice for Tons was due to technical aspects of the form tool and the reading and interpretation of the data. After investigation we realized that using Tons would be the best way to make the data uniform and better to process. We are realizing that maybe wasn’t too obvious to the community that 100kg of plastic could be inputted as 0.1 T of plastic, there were some confusion there and we will improve this for next year. Many workspaces understood it but some didn’t. Soon we are releasing some of the results and insights collected with the impact survey, we will announce on our communication channels, but thank you for bringing this up! (edited)

Where is the best place for 3D printing advise (recycling plastics to make filament and reprocessing excess for future projects)?

GamingFedora

Where is the best place for 3D printing advise (recycling plastics to make filament and reprocessing excess for future projects)?

Try #archived-3d-printing ?

Thofior

Hello Ruben, my name is Thomé and I am part of the Team of PP and collaborated to create the Impact survey. The choice for Tons was due to technical aspects of the form tool and the reading and interpretation of the data. After investigation we realized that using Tons would be the best way to make the data uniform and better to process. We are realizing that maybe wasn’t too obvious to the community that 100kg of plastic could be inputted as 0.1 T of plastic, there were some confusion there and we will improve this for next year. Many workspaces understood it but some didn’t. Soon we are releasing some of the results and insights collected with the impact survey, we will announce on our communication channels, but thank you for bringing this up! (edited)

Hello thomé, great to meet you It was too obvious, that the logical AND obvious answer would be put a dot to make 300kg .3 t But It also says AND indicate, do "no dots or commas. So whats Is the concept of obvious for the PP community ? Thanks for anwering, but did you see the picture from the survey addressed in my question? (edited)

waterppk

sounds like PP is hunting for everyone recycling 30kgs to mark down 1 ton so they have bigger numbers

It was just planned to do the impossible "Just put a comma, its obvious" "But we dont allow commas ir dots" so figure It out (edited)

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Ruben

Hello thomé, great to meet you It was too obvious, that the logical AND obvious answer would be put a dot to make 300kg .3 t But It also says AND indicate, do "no dots or commas. So whats Is the concept of obvious for the PP community ? Thanks for anwering, but did you see the picture from the survey addressed in my question? (edited)

Which picture Ruben? Please feel free to message me directly and thank you for helping us to improve our survey!

Ruben

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Ah I think I understand. No dots or commas for when you write thousands.

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Ben - Precious Plastic Ciledug

Ah I think I understand. No dots or commas for when you write thousands.

Yes, i understand that too. In the survey not possible to write/type dots or commas to the other scenarios

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Hello everyone im part of precious plastic workspaces in the middle east im wondering if the color scheme is correct on the website if anyone knows that? im creating a pamphlet for our community and i was wondering if i should only use the blue and grey off the website from here https://community.preciousplastic.com/academy/universe/branding

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Hello everyone im part of precious plastic workspaces in the middle east im wondering if the color scheme is correct on the website if anyone knows that? im creating a pamphlet for our community and i was wondering if i should only use the blue and grey off the website from here https://community.preciousplastic.com/academy/universe/branding

@Karo can you help here?

Ravensight

Hello everyone im part of precious plastic workspaces in the middle east im wondering if the color scheme is correct on the website if anyone knows that? im creating a pamphlet for our community and i was wondering if i should only use the blue and grey off the website from here https://community.preciousplastic.com/academy/universe/branding

A color guide may be found here: https://community.preciousplastic.com/academy/universe/yourlogo

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Christopher - Unmake Plastic

A color guide may be found here: https://community.preciousplastic.com/academy/universe/yourlogo

We already have a logo customized I'm just wondering what colors I should go with for a pamphlet or should I just do whichever seems fit?

Ravensight

We already have a logo customized I'm just wondering what colors I should go with for a pamphlet or should I just do whichever seems fit?

The two linked-to articles cover color usage in a clear and comprehensive manor. Give 'em a read.

Hey folks! I'm based in NM and am looking to partner with a local municipality to potentially fund some of the initial costs of establishing PP community here. Does anyone know of any communities that have done this? Just looking for a starting point to research approaches, thank you!

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Saviosa

Hey folks! I'm based in NM and am looking to partner with a local municipality to potentially fund some of the initial costs of establishing PP community here. Does anyone know of any communities that have done this? Just looking for a starting point to research approaches, thank you!

What's NM?

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waterppk

New Mexico

North Macedonia?

Ben - Precious Plastic Ciledug

North Macedonia?

"Not Metric".

I really want to make a go of starting a recycling ecosystem in my area by making a shredder space, so I am doing my due diligence on market research. Does anyone know of data showing how much money a lb of plastic costs to clean and shred? I want to see if I could make a viable business but I would like to see if other models work and how much plastic should be sold at whatever price to make it all sustainable

I reckon that's like asking "how much does it cost to make a sandwich?". There are just too many factors- what are your utility rates for power and water? Are you accounting for facility costs? Labor? Cost of acquisition of plastic AND customers- the list goes on. Don't get me wrong, it would be great to hear how much folks are paying to collect, clean, shred, store, market, and deliver a kilo of plastic- even if significantly different from what your circumstance can realize, just having a ball-park figure might provide a basis for consideration. Of course, the answer to "how much" has to be paired to "how was that achieved" to really have meaning. I reckon the question is backwards, though- the REAL question is "who is my customer? For what? -and at what price?" With a robust manufacturing base, you have the challenge of gearing up to meet volume requirements to be a reliable part of the supply chain. Short of that, the prospect becomes "what value can I add to the plastic beyond commodity refinement?" Whatever the fractional net per kilo, the question becomes "how many kilos do I have to process per day to support everybody in the business and all of our needs?" By all accounts, that's a "we" proposition, not a "me" proposition. Searching this site, 'how much a self-supporting plastic shop needs to make a go of of it' is a periodic question. As I recall, a consensus from those-who-have was around $80k.

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Strongly agree with all this. The big question is how you add value and to whom. An industrial scale recycler sells clean filtered pelletized recycled plastic for under $1 per pound. You probably can't compete head to head with that... So the question is where do you build a niche? Who is willing to buy from you at a premium and why?

The state of my area is there are no precious plastic workspaces for 300 miles. I live near a city with eco friendly policies and a like minded community. There is a chicken and egg problem of building collection/shredding spaces to produce material and of the injection/extrusion spaces for making products...

Drew W

The state of my area is there are no precious plastic workspaces for 300 miles. I live near a city with eco friendly policies and a like minded community. There is a chicken and egg problem of building collection/shredding spaces to produce material and of the injection/extrusion spaces for making products...

I cannot compete with shredding facilities. It's cheaper for me to give them my collected plastics and buy cleaned, sorted, and shredded plastic. Precious Plastic is great for small scale stuff but for you to compete with shredding you need better machines and systems.

Where does the plastic go from where you live? Precious Plastic workspaces only work so well, we do need the big recyclers as they suck in a lot of materials and often are looking for more (where I am at least). Find out what recyclers are nearby, find out where your plastic goes through the municipality's system. Maybe you'll find out some useful information and find some niche space where you can operate.

Ben - Precious Plastic Ciledug

I cannot compete with shredding facilities. It's cheaper for me to give them my collected plastics and buy cleaned, sorted, and shredded plastic. Precious Plastic is great for small scale stuff but for you to compete with shredding you need better machines and systems.

"Precious Plastic is great for small scale stuff but for you to compete with __..." It's great start-up and transitional technology. Needing a bigger machine is a good problem to have. PP Melbourne is a great example of what that curve can look like. That said, there is still a place for bespoke and niche manufacturing, such as Saju, in Columbia.

Christopher - Unmake Plastic

"Precious Plastic is great for small scale stuff but for you to compete with __..." It's great start-up and transitional technology. Needing a bigger machine is a good problem to have. PP Melbourne is a great example of what that curve can look like. That said, there is still a place for bespoke and niche manufacturing, such as Saju, in Columbia.

Precious Plastic is a great introduction to plastic recycling and is functional. My problem is that it never feels like I'm doing enough, like the recycling I do is a drop in the bucket. But...if you're successful and come up with a good idea for a product and/or service, doors will open.

Ben - Precious Plastic Ciledug

Precious Plastic is a great introduction to plastic recycling and is functional. My problem is that it never feels like I'm doing enough, like the recycling I do is a drop in the bucket. But...if you're successful and come up with a good idea for a product and/or service, doors will open.

Gesturing back to the PP Survey, we are ALL 'drops in the bucket'- and that's how change happens. If you take those numbers as representative of anything, in very, very few years, the greater PP community actually substantively reduced plastic whilding, trashing, and incineration: In 2022 alone, PP participants addressed more than 0.14875 of that year's liability. So, at today's waste rate, with a 1000 X multiple, PP-inspired projects alone may actually start reducing plastic levels in the environment. We've got the lever to pull- but it would be self defeating to look for world-economy movement in direct response to our efforts NOW. So, the way I reconcile this for myself: how many life-times of plastic consumption can I personally divert from the waste stream? After mitigating our own personal damage, our existence is reducing net harm. Some math: where I'm at, the annual plastic liability per-capita is estimated to be around 221 kilos, and average life span 76.4 years; perhaps overly simplistic, that comes to a life-time liability of 16.9 metric tons of plastic. 17 metric tons- that's my break-even point. That's not my end goal- not even close. Without setting goals, our efforts can't be judged relative to the mountain of plastic. Set some goals, dude. (edited)

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@Marcela - Community Manager @ PP Hello. I hope I am pinging the right person but I somehow created a second profile in the community (daschick) and now I can't log back in to my origonal (peninsulapreciousplastics). Any suggestions?

Hey! I'll send you a DM

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I'm looking at the different channels but I don't see any products really useful in our everyday life, what surprised me because the pp/HDPE/LDPE are a type of plastic simple to recycle, and we use a lot of it every day

Irilia

I'm looking at the different channels but I don't see any products really useful in our everyday life, what surprised me because the pp/HDPE/LDPE are a type of plastic simple to recycle, and we use a lot of it every day

Recycled plastics aren't allowed to be used for food contact (I bet 90% of your daily plastic use). I think one of the biggest misconceptions with Precious Plastic is that the battle is to make the thing - the hard part is the sales/marketing channel to make a product you can actually sell in volume if you're looking to scale into a sustainable business. It's very cool to make neat looking art/unique tables/etc, it's very hard to scale that into a business that turns product consistently/scalably

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waterppk

Recycled plastics aren't allowed to be used for food contact (I bet 90% of your daily plastic use). I think one of the biggest misconceptions with Precious Plastic is that the battle is to make the thing - the hard part is the sales/marketing channel to make a product you can actually sell in volume if you're looking to scale into a sustainable business. It's very cool to make neat looking art/unique tables/etc, it's very hard to scale that into a business that turns product consistently/scalably

Something that can be done and in volume is pipe, for Gray water, to replace the PVC pipe, the color is not important and it doesn't need to be food safe

Irilia

Something that can be done and in volume is pipe, for Gray water, to replace the PVC pipe, the color is not important and it doesn't need to be food safe

HDPE/LDPE can't be solvent glued like ABS or PVC pipe, I don't think PP has any solvent bonding method but I could be wrong? Even for a graywater application you couldn't use self-made in any country/state/municipality who has plumbing codes because they have to be certified/listed as pipe suitable for plumbing.

4:36 PM

In short, you could recycle ABS plastics into ABS plumbing pipe, but you'd need to have your factory get through some certification/testing authority to sell your material

4:37 PM

I'm guessing the variable quality and properties of recycled resins would make it very difficult to ensure consistent quality in your output

waterppk

HDPE/LDPE can't be solvent glued like ABS or PVC pipe, I don't think PP has any solvent bonding method but I could be wrong? Even for a graywater application you couldn't use self-made in any country/state/municipality who has plumbing codes because they have to be certified/listed as pipe suitable for plumbing.

You know PE are used to making pipes for a long time now, and there is no problem connecting them

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Irilia

You know PE are used to making pipes for a long time now, and there is no problem connecting them

There ARE challenges- and solutions. As with most things, accessibility to tech and cost are primary determiners of how practical a solution is. https://www.pe100plus.com/PE-Pipes/Technical-guidance/model/Construction/methods/r1049.html (edited)

Assembly : Methods

waterppk

HDPE/LDPE can't be solvent glued like ABS or PVC pipe, I don't think PP has any solvent bonding method but I could be wrong? Even for a graywater application you couldn't use self-made in any country/state/municipality who has plumbing codes because they have to be certified/listed as pipe suitable for plumbing.

You'd use compression fittings instead of glue. Ive seen and used PE and PP pipes/tubing and they always use compression fittings.

Christopher - Unmake Plastic

There ARE challenges- and solutions. As with most things, accessibility to tech and cost are primary determiners of how practical a solution is. https://www.pe100plus.com/PE-Pipes/Technical-guidance/model/Construction/methods/r1049.html (edited)

@Ben - Precious Plastic Ciledug it's very well explained here

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Just a reminder of one reason why I hate PVC > https://www.hunker.com/12435859/the-hazards-of-pvc-glue-and-primer

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PVC cement (glue) and primer is used to soften pipes and weld pieces of plumbing together. Polyvinyl chloride secures pieces of pipe quickly in a process called solvent welding. First the primer is applied and then the cement to join the pipes.

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