#3DPrinting community: I finally did it.
I paid Terracycle to recycle PLA waste from my 3D printing. I know it’s hard and expensive to recycle PLA (even tho it’s “biodegradable”), but still feel silly to pay hundreds of dollars. I should feel better tho after filling up the box with the PLA waste from all the years.
Next is researching for an economical way to shred 3D printing parts. Please send your solution my way 🙏.
@shaneqi if it's important to you that it be recycled, then it's worth it! And if that's what it takes to make a sustainable business, vs taking scraps for free and then selling inconsistent, recycled PLA spools for a few bucks less than anything else on the shelf, then maybe it's the way.
I look at hardware every now and then but IMHO a reliable-enough turnkey production line for turning prints back into spools still costs as much as a fairly nice car. Another 5, 10 years though and who knows!
Shane Qi
Tim 🎮