Precious Plastic USA

kittykatloonie 1/12/2020 4:42 AM

Hello

Precious Plastics PNW is currently under development in the Eastern Washington. Precious Plastics PNW is a Non Profit Organization aimed torwards promoting domestic recycling using Precious Plastic open source machines, ideas & community. (edited)

please check out my personal channel as I struggle to make precious plastic a reality in spokane

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1:44 AM

https://discord.gg/SwzwzJE

Invite to join a server

Precious Plastic USA

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Rico pinned a message to this channel. 1/13/2020 1:44 AM

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.

hi I'm gp. I live Bellingham. I don't see any participating members closer than Vancouver BC or Portland. But I'm an idiot techniphobe so please tell me I'm wrong.

hey @gp Im glad to finally here from someone in my state! do you have any friends that are interested in what your doing w/ precious plastic?

Just barely diving in. But checking in from Seattle.

9:38 PM

hoping to set up a shredder and small press in the future.

9:42 PM

Assuming websites like SurplusCenter are great resources for parts here.

hey @Eman - Big Dill glad you joined! id love to collaborate with you whenever you get the time please message me

hey everyone. I am located in spokane washington & would love to do something.

I am currently building a shredder and trying to do it from discarded appliances like a washing machine. Would others be interested in a shredder after this one is built.

4:36 PM

I live in Greenlake area of Seattle.

4:40 PM

@Rico I don't see a personal page.

Just saw this @Palomino Plastic also in the greenlake area (greenwood) (edited)

What area do you want to get started in or are you already established?

Hello @Eman - Big Dill! A few of us in the Seattle and Bellingham areas are starting a group chat to get organized. Would you like to join the conversation?

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8:00 PM

@Rico and @gp Are you also still interested in connecting with others in WA?

Hi all! Just tuning in.. My partner has been following Dave Hakkens' work for a few yrs and we are big Precious Plastics fans. I'm excited to see there is a small local community forming.. Would love to support in whatever ways I can!

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Hey folks. Creative maker in Florida here. Losing housing in December. Seeking to fund a move back to WA, to live in sustainable community and implement PP systems. Even have some people there interested in building our own 'kamp'. Please share if you can. gf.me/u/y3ug4x

12:24 AM

https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-escape-from-florida-project

THE ESCAPE FROM FLORIDA PROJECT, organized by Evan Skallerud

Young couple and 3 cats at risk of homelessness, trying to get back home to the PNW to … Evan Skallerud needs your support for THE ESCAPE FROM FLORIDA PROJECT

Hi all. Checking in from Seattle area (Bellevue specifically). Done a little bit of diy plastic injection in my garage but curious to see if there are others in the area and what success they have had.

12:12 AM

@Palomino Plastic How did your diy shredder experiment go? (edited)

Also curious if anyone knows about this project and potential eligibility for use (alumni? staff? current students? Research partners?). It would be nice to test some of my crazy ideas before investing in expensive equipment. Wonder if I would just need to find a current student/staff/researcher to collaborate with and test stuff?

For anybody checking this channel who hasn't checked the Map, there's a more active "PNW Precious Plastics" DM going on that you can get invited to via https://forms.gle/33D29grM7CeGvBVz7

Precious Plastic Seattle

We'd love to chat with anyone interested in active participation in building the community of Precious Plastic Seattle. Even if you can't commit your time and just want to be kept in the loop, please reach out!

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hello my name is jhonatan and I'm new and to be honest i just want to join a community that has started or wants to start something and share crazy ideas so let me know if i can join to any team I'm really good at building and recycling so yeah yall have a wonderful morning and ill be waiting for any response btw I'm in Auburn WA area thanks :3

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Anyone still active? I'm working on machines to begin glass crushing and plastic shredding (to start) so I have the plastic and sand on hand for bricks in Eastern WA.

Still here, been kinda quiet.

6:45 PM

Which shredder are you building?

I was going to build the plastic shredder first, but during my research I found that there is no glass processor in WA, so I'm starting there (working with a few wineries on solutions/service) I'll have the glass crusher done before the end of the month, plastic shredder is next month, then the extruder and wash/dry process before the end of the summer. I'm working on an 18 month plan to be able to process all recyclables locally.

I'm interested in collaborating. Can you send me the crusher plans? I almost have my shredder built, a V2.

I will let you know how the testing goes!

I picked up 3 motors today......all look remanufactured and came from a paper mill. I didn't realize it until I got home, but the big GE 5hp I got has duel shafts! I'm going to see if I can run 2 shredders off it.

Are they 240V? Part of the affordability problem is using 120V motors that aren't super powerful and single phase. I am focusing on gearing to get the necessary torque the shred at 50rpm.

6:48 AM

In Europe everything is 240V so the PP plans call for them.

All 3 motors are 460V.....ordered VFD's last night.

3:19 PM

The guy that loaded them up for me had a laugh....3 people picked up their motors before me yesterday and none realized it was 460v. But hey, 3 motors for $100 isn't bad.

Probably a long shot since the last post was 2 1/2 years ago, but is there anything active in Western Washington? I do a lot of 3D printing and I just want to find a place I can shred my plastic and turn into sheets.

You live near Seattle?

5:48 AM

https://forms.gle/33D29grM7CeGvBVz7

Precious Plastic Seattle

We'd love to connect with anyone interested in active participation in building the community of Precious Plastic Seattle. Fill out the form below to receive an invitation to our online discussion and planning group. Even if you can't commit your time and just want to be kept in the loop, please reach out!

5:49 AM

Here is the Seattle based channel https://discord.gg/mKQFCE6J

Just south of Seattle. Tukwila to be precise

There are a few of people on the precious plastic discord really active

sweet, I'll jump over there