Precious Plastic USA

Hello, New York!

Hi!

Howdy

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6:06 PM

I'm making great progress here in the Bronx with a machine set

6:08 PM

Almost there with the shredder, dual axle but not version 4

6:09 PM

My work space should be "open" as we get closer to February

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That’s great! I’m trying to pitch the idea of creating a workplace for educational workshops at the museum that I work at

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Awesome!

6:09 PM

Is that in the city>

6:09 PM

?

6:10 PM

Educational applications are really effective

6:11 PM

I did a lot of work with the machines at Parsons and we got great response when we did workshops etc

6:11 PM

It ended up as part of the curriculum for the Sustainable Systems class

6:12 PM

If you are creating a proposal, lmk

6:12 PM

Perhaps I can provide some insight

6:13 PM

I would budget around $2k for each machine (v2) if you don't have access to a machine shop

6:15 PM

for example

Yes, I work at the New York Hall of Science. I was trying to arrange a tour of the workspace at Parsons, but I didn’t hear back.

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Wow, cool

I’m super excited to get some of your insight

6:21 PM

I have no design or engineering background

6:22 PM

I work in the education department

Parsons is tricky because it is an institution. I can't even get in there since i graduated

6:23 PM

That's part of the reason I'm setting up this space, so it can be more public

6:26 PM

The ultimate goal is to have a mobile workshop to do educational outreach

hey y'all!! lol i think we all dm'd each other

Hey Jeff, yeah i sent you some ideas

oop you're right, let me get back to u

no sweat

Whoa, that sounds really dope! A mobile workplace is so versatile.

Hi all! Anyone think an all-US or general chat text channel is a good idea? Greetings from the NW!

@CitSciWorkshop I think that may already exist in US channel back in regular PP discord

6:43 PM

as someone mentioned previously it's a bit disorganized but it's also very general

Ah, ok thx!

@green_queen Definitely. But the mobile workspace is a ways away. I'll keep you posted

hey everyone! glad this sorta took off! sorry never got back to you @Jeff Wubbs im glad this server will provide a little bit more organization for the people in the US.

all good mate, thanks for setting this up

hi everyone and thank you!! feel free to share this channel using this link https://discord.gg/ndUpSA with other like minded precious plastic enthusiasts in your area! also check out this link https://community.preciousplastic.com/map/ for an insight on the people in your area who have added them selves to the "map" (edited)

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Rico pinned a message to this channel. 1/11/2020 6:38 PM

Hello NY! I think getting an effective shredder/collection space is going to be key for the future of PP NYC. Anyone who wants to house or work for this sort of operation please reach out!

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@Tom K Lets do it!

@Tom K My mother still lives in NYC/NJ. I technically have a house there where I can host people. I live 5-10 mins from the NYC site.

See what you can do to start helping in your state today! Please feel free to contact me with any questions :) https://preciousplastic.com/starterkits/overview.html

Precious Plastic Starterktis

Starterkits are packages of information with everything you need to know to set up Precious Plastic recycling spaces and start tackling the plastic waste problem.

I’m in Vermont, though only a mile from the New York border. My kids go to school in New York and I plan to work with their school on plastic recycling projects I’m planning out now. Anyone in the upstate ny area?

@Rico what's the location of the NYC site? Unless we're taking about @Gary Dusek- Formation Bronx's space; I know where that is.

Hi everyone! I'm Dave, a faculty at Parsons School of Design. I organize the Precious Plastic Parsons workspace and I'm part of the Precious Plastic NYC group. You can check out our work at… https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/preciousplasticparsons/ https://www.instagram.com/preciousplasticnyc/ @green_queen Hi, who did you contact at Parsons? (edited)

Thanks for the invite!

11:35 PM

I am from NYC. Work in a 210 unit residential building. Hoping to get an ok to get approved from my company to promote PP to the residents.

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Precious Plastic + SBA loans = business opportunity

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I'm looking for a working workshop in NY interested in cooperating with a Greek cosmetic brand that wishes to begins a upcycling program for their products. Please get in contact with me if you are interested. Regards

All this NYC anyone from WNY area?

Hey @CroMagMan88 . Im in Jamestown, NY. Where are you?

@frankthewrench Sloan area (just outside Buffalo)

right on @CroMagMan88 . I can't contribute much of any time, but I'd be interested in throwing in a few dollars and can hopefully connect a few folks down here together and possibly with other efforts that pop up in WNY.

hm ok interesting, well ill keep your name in the loop if i do or hear anything anytime soon.

5:59 PM

@frankthewrench have you collected anything, or anything aside form joining this group? (just curious if you have any knowledge on the processes or plastic types or what youd like to see be made etc)

Haven’t done anything. Just able to learn right now and would like to try to bring more people into learning about all this and how they can contribute.

Hello!

If anyone has a set up in nyc, i would love to look at it. (edited)

hi all

what up new york!

CroMagMan88

All this NYC anyone from WNY area?

Yes!

frankthewrench

right on @CroMagMan88 . I can't contribute much of any time, but I'd be interested in throwing in a few dollars and can hopefully connect a few folks down here together and possibly with other efforts that pop up in WNY.

Hey pal, I'm new to generally new to the precious plastics world. I've been doing a lot of research and business planning and funding. I'm in almost done publishing a kickstarter to get a shredder and extrusion machine in the buffalo NY area. I made some logos for a community point along with some space I can carve out in North Tonawanda to start a WNY division. Really hoping this will all work out.

Good luck @Wumangklan Please share the kickstarter when you have it ready to go.

Will do!

@Wumangklan Im in the Toronto, area. Buffalo is like a second home

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Canadian Recycler

@Wumangklan Im in the Toronto, area. Buffalo is like a second home

Awesome!

@Wumangklan when the border opens the fun begins

For sure! Hopefully its sooner rather than later

I ended up getting the funding necessary to get an injection machine, hopefully it'll be shipped here to Buffalo around end of May.

Wumangklan

I ended up getting the funding necessary to get an injection machine, hopefully it'll be shipped here to Buffalo around end of May.

You did that with kickstarter?

No I actually presented it to a family friend and I had a couple meetings and they decided to "gift" me the money! I'm hoping to get this machine going to see what is possible then open up the kickstarter for a shredder and extrusion machine

Hey, I'm in Brooklyn with a lot of time & skills but no money looking to spend my time contributing to/building up community-based upcycling & small-scale manufacturing -- open to chat with people!

yaradeen

Hey, I'm in Brooklyn with a lot of time & skills but no money looking to spend my time contributing to/building up community-based upcycling & small-scale manufacturing -- open to chat with people!

what type of skills?

Woodworking/Construction, Software, Business Dev/Research, Some Audio Engineering, Video Production, Product/Project Management

yaradeen

Woodworking/Construction, Software, Business Dev/Research, Some Audio Engineering, Video Production, Product/Project Management

That's really cool.

yaradeen

Woodworking/Construction, Software, Business Dev/Research, Some Audio Engineering, Video Production, Product/Project Management

I'm trying to build an automated version of the injection machine

I think there may have been some work on that somewhere, i can dig around if need be

Ooh!

Eric Lotze

I think there may have been some work on that somewhere, i can dig around if need be

Sounds interesting.

https://community.preciousplastic.com/how-to/make-an-automated-injection-molding-machine

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2:14 AM

there we are i think

2:15 AM

there was some non-pp youtuber who had their own project as well who documented it all quite well (in video only sadly)

Eric Lotze

https://community.preciousplastic.com/how-to/make-an-automated-injection-molding-machine

thanks for the link.

no problem !

@Gary Dusek- Formation Bronx are you still active up there?

Anyone in the Long Island area? Am hoping to make a space and already involved with an art community/space which hopefully will be combined with this

Brooklyn is technically Long Island

10:58 PM

What's the space you're already involved with?

Haha yeah that’s true, it’s a small gallery/maker community but hopefully in the works to expand it to a maker space that would use precious plastics as a map (edited)

11:02 PM

https://www.industrymakers.art/about this is the space

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Hello! anyone in the hudson valley? I'd love to start a community point/collection point

Does anyone have any information on buyers of cleaned and sorted post consumer plastics? Happy Easter Sunday btw

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Hey all WNY'ers. Sorry I have not posted in a while. I secured money for a full machine Set! I am buying them and they should get here by Mid June I am hoping. I have an injection machine on the way that should get here by the end of April. So it looks like my operation is coming along. Once I get it all set up I will update everyone!

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ilyana

Hello! anyone in the hudson valley? I'd love to start a community point/collection point

Hi ilyana! My wife and I are in Catskill, NY and we are in the research phase of our plan to start a Precious Plastics community space. We're new to the recycling game, but have many other skills that make this the right thing for us now. Where are you in the Hudson Valley? We should chat!

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5:40 PM

Hey #new-york I'm doing some research - looking for funding to start up a workspace and collection point. We're searching for funds to buy a set of machines. From what I can tell, New York State only issues grants for municipal recycling projects. (https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/105603.html) Anyone here know of other grant opportunities? Or thoughts on where to look?

What about your local Catskills recycling services?

Mar in Brooklyn

What about your local Catskills recycling services?

@Mar in Brooklyn you mean, like, the curbside trash collection company? They're called County-Waste, and it's a pretty typical trash collection company. The do single stream (plastics, glass, metal, paper) curbside pickup and take it to the Greene County transfer stations. Are you suggesting asking them for start-up funds? Or maybe partnering with them?

Partner, see if they have community resources/liaisons

hmmmm. yeah, interesting. I'm going to look in to that. I don't know if that company would have a financial incentive to work with me. I'm trying to figure out the business models here and who is getting paid for doing what. Feels more and more like convincing consumers to bring their plastics directly to us may be the best route.

6:02 PM

But funding! If anyone has any thoughts on raising money in New York State from government or institutional granting organizations. . . . . hit me up!

How to you get the public to bring you clean plastic? I'd like to know.

William B

How to you get the public to bring you clean plastic? I'd like to know.

With big campaigns - 'help us to ...' . A company in France managed to place all over the country special bins to collect bottle caps this way, at gas stations and malls. That made a few folks upset

Enjoy your travel through France folks, nice catch

guru

Does anyone have any information on buyers of cleaned and sorted post consumer plastics? Happy Easter Sunday btw

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Who buys it or how to buy it?

JG

Hi ilyana! My wife and I are in Catskill, NY and we are in the research phase of our plan to start a Precious Plastics community space. We're new to the recycling game, but have many other skills that make this the right thing for us now. Where are you in the Hudson Valley? We should chat!

Look into recycling projects in Ithaca region. I believes it is Tompkins county. They are awarding recycling grants which I know is far from you but they might have some info on other counties looking for ideas. Also the state sucks for funding like these projects at the moment cause of covid, I would definitely look into county funding and city and town funding sources.

Hello! I'm looking to gauge interest for a North Country Precious Plastic Co-op. I'm in St. Lawrence county and a bit far away from a lot of the PP work in the area, but I'm interested in growing a community point and some workshops here! Please feel free to reach out, including Hudson valley people, I'm sure we can connect our projects

Hi friends! We are a Brooklyn-based duo working on some ldpe/hdpe projects. We’re looking for a maker space/studio/ spot where we can keep our equipment and work. Needs ventilation/windows. Would be incredible to have access to some wood shop-type tools like a saw, etc.

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any guidance would be so appreciated!

My machines came in the other day, and I will be trying to get them up and running ASAP

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Mar in Brooklyn

Hi friends! We are a Brooklyn-based duo working on some ldpe/hdpe projects. We’re looking for a maker space/studio/ spot where we can keep our equipment and work. Needs ventilation/windows. Would be incredible to have access to some wood shop-type tools like a saw, etc.

im here in Brooklyn. drop me line Petenyc@gmail.com

precocious Plastic , doing more with less. playing with plastic film and having blast finding uses for film and bag waste (edited)

Hello people of New York

Hey

2:03 AM

I’m from NY

What's up NY

I’m in Scranton Pennsylvania

Any projects or going ons near you?

I’m hearing I need to be a certified recycler

Im doing a project

2:31 AM

right now im trying to make a shelf from HDPE

2:32 AM

where I live their is barley any real recycling

hey y'all. new to brooklyn and really keen to get started as an artist and designer in this space. is this group still active? any active projects / spaces looking for contributions?

Hey there! not dead yet lol

4:32 PM

I'm working on a shredder + extruder rig do you have any particular project interests right now? Depending on my schedule I may be in Brooklyn Tomorrow / Saturday

Hi

7:16 PM

Hi

hey hey Pondering a Plasticrete workshop next Friday in Brooklyn Putting ot out there Anyone want to fuse plastic film into awesome stuff?

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smarterthantheaveragebear

hey hey Pondering a Plasticrete workshop next Friday in Brooklyn Putting ot out there Anyone want to fuse plastic film into awesome stuff?

I'm in Boston, but I'm interested in general. Can you drop an event link here? Would love to learn more.

Hello folks!

GamingFedora

Hello folks!

Hi :)

How are you doing ^^

GamingFedora

How are you doing ^^

Pretty good

1:14 AM

I have been trying to get in recycling plastic and I would love to have help in starting out

GamingFedora

I have been trying to get in recycling plastic and I would love to have help in starting out

Unfortunately I’m not a good resource, I’m trying to do the same thing

. Through I recently found out that I couldn’t do what I wanted to do so I have to see if I can get special permission or rework my project :(.

MIfoodie

Unfortunately I’m not a good resource, I’m trying to do the same thing

. Through I recently found out that I couldn’t do what I wanted to do so I have to see if I can get special permission or rework my project :(.

What happened?

GamingFedora

What happened?

Originally I was seeing if I could make PP machines for my Eagle Scout Project but I found out that BSA doesn’t allow us to use the tools required for the job…

They have restrictions on that?

Yeah it’s slightly stupid. A 1st grader can’t use a rake, they have a welding merit badge (which I’ve done) but they din’t allow you to use welding equipment for projects… here’s the full chart if you want to look at it: https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/healthsafety/pdf/680-028.pdf

Huh...

1:26 AM

Is your parents trained to use welding equipment?

GamingFedora

Is your parents trained to use welding equipment?

They aren’t but I know people who are.

Nice!

1:35 AM

I wish you the best!

GamingFedora

I wish you the best!

Thanks :D (edited)

Where yall@from

Hudson Valley

schenectady

Syracuse

Albany

Dulsic

Anyone in the Long Island area? Am hoping to make a space and already involved with an art community/space which hopefully will be combined with this

I'm in Suffolk, in Brookhaven

Hey

4:25 AM

How are people doing here ?

Hey

Hi - Brooklynite here - im a software developer interested in putting some time / effort into computer vision spectroscopy for auto sorting plastic / aluminum / other materials to help foster recycling. Ive been doing 'de-trashing' on my own and with some groups, and its clear to me its pissing in the wind in the grand scheme of things. Cleaning up also means not having as much even hit the streets ideally. Anyway, I digress. I'd be curious if there are any spaces in NYC that organize around these topics. Thanks.

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Wish I were closer, there are not to many workspaces here in Texas (yet)

vade

Hi - Brooklynite here - im a software developer interested in putting some time / effort into computer vision spectroscopy for auto sorting plastic / aluminum / other materials to help foster recycling. Ive been doing 'de-trashing' on my own and with some groups, and its clear to me its pissing in the wind in the grand scheme of things. Cleaning up also means not having as much even hit the streets ideally. Anyway, I digress. I'd be curious if there are any spaces in NYC that organize around these topics. Thanks.

I live in upstate New York

7:27 PM

I have my own workshop

We have this thing in Brookhaven, but I really wonder where any of this stuff ends up https://www.brookhavenny.gov/362/Materials-Recovery-Facility

Materials Recovery Facility | Brookhaven, NY

The Materials Recovery Facility can separate and process up to 48 tons of mixed material per hour, or over 300 tons of material each day. View a video that details the work of the facility.

7:29 PM

The YouTube video is a bit horrifying honestly

Mike Caprio

We have this thing in Brookhaven, but I really wonder where any of this stuff ends up https://www.brookhavenny.gov/362/Materials-Recovery-Facility

Their is some workshops in the city I’ve seen them on Instagram

They ship 2000 lb bales to "manufacturers" but who knows

Mike Caprio

We have this thing in Brookhaven, but I really wonder where any of this stuff ends up https://www.brookhavenny.gov/362/Materials-Recovery-Facility

I agree, we have collection points and MRF's ( operated by Republic Recycle ) in MO but it is really hard to follow it after that facility. (edited)

Hey thanks, thats super interesting. Ive def watched a few diff videos about full cycle recycling which is only now possible, and very uncommon

7:29 PM

i think the dutch have one facility in the netherlands. At least thats what I saw online

7:29 PM

im not surprised the US is seriously behind there

7:30 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_fUpP-hq3A was slighly more optimistic, but its still rather bleak

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7:33 PM

Are there no meetups in the city for folks working on community spaces / hack labs or what not WRT to recycling?

I have asked around and most people look at at me like I am crazy. (edited)

@HAL_9000 are you in NYC ?

Sadly no

8:12 PM

MISSOURI lol

8:13 PM

But NYC is the only channel with convo in it so ...yeah. i am here

Ah, ha

Alex_recycle_and_creates

I live in upstate New York

Where upstate? I’m in the Hudson Valley

ilyana

Where upstate? I’m in the Hudson Valley

schenectady

Want to make sure people in the NYC area see this: https://discord.com/channels/664714297913376769/664717218893791232/1182739155470536827