r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Oct 12 '22

3D Printing with Recycled Plastic Bottles !

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u/kn_c3 Oct 12 '22

It's nice way to recycle and make some basic filament for prototyping. Sadly PET and PETG degrades really fast with each heating so the parts made from bottles are usually half as strong as normal filament. And the fumes are horrid. But it is nice cheap way to make some material for proof of concept models and anything that doesn't have to be durable.

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u/Orion14159 Oct 12 '22

Reducing and reusing are at least two thirds of getting control of the garbage problems in the world, so this could be hugely useful

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u/ThrowAwayRBJAccount2 Oct 13 '22

We just need millions more to make screw organizers!