I saw some videos of people extruding the filaments again by themselves. It would be an interesting project to create an extruder machine and recycle it yourself!
6 months ago | 5
The artme 3d filamentextruder is a (in relation to the big boys) inexpensive diy machine. I also use it. After some time you will get decent results. For shredsing i mostly use some blenders. I recommend to use those with glas cans not plastic or industrial ones
6 months ago | 0
It's almost like it was never eco friendly to begin with...
6 months ago | 6
CNC Kitchen has looked at various recycling equipment. There are also folks (Brothers Make) who just melt/squeeze it on a hotplate into sheets and then make stuff out of that.
6 months ago | 0
Here in Europe/Germany there are filament manufacturers who accept these leftovers and process them into filament again. Perhaps there are filament manufacturers like this in your area too...
6 months ago | 3
Sadly Chemical Hydrocarbon reclamation is still 5-10 years out. Until then PLA is just too low melt for main stream remelt plastic recycling. If you don’t care about color or precise properties, i’ve seen some shredder/re-filimenting jigs in the DIY space. Good for tests and infinite support reuse with an IDEX or Multi spool system.
6 months ago (edited) | 4
This should make some kind of hopper that you can feed it into and melt it back into strands.
6 months ago | 0
It’s eco friendly in certain conditions, but the conditions aren’t eco
6 months ago | 1
You can also try grind and make your own pallets to extruder to make new filament. I stated 3D printing so I was looking on how to recycle all my spaghettis : fails https://youtu.be/8RJcKrHRlaU?si=d7eP35htHsSB9czf
5 months ago | 0
Eric Strebel
I need help recycling my PLA waste, scraps, unused prints, failed prints, etc..I have buckets full of PLA waste.
Is there a way to do this? I have not found one yet, do you know of any place that takes PLA waste for free? I am located in Michigan USA. If PLA is so eco friendly why can I not find a place to have it recycled, process or broken down? there must be some sort of an option...Hope someone can help. Thanks in advance
6 months ago | [YT] | 11