Natanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸Mar 20
Just heard of #Creality's filament recycling system. Interesting for sure, though I'm sceptical it will be as good as #Recyclingfabrik (for those in the EU) given their bigger machines and years of expertise. I also am very sceptical about the company since they went IPO, wouldn't be remotely surprised to see them enshittificating. Though machines like these absolutely are the right way, throwing away homogenous material just because of the wrong shape feels awfully wasteful.
#3DPrinting
Show threadTimMar 20
@Natanox did you know most plastics can only be recycled 12 times while metal is unlimited
Show threadNatanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸Mar 20
@Timpostma Of course, that's why I'm also happy to see more truly biodegradable materials such as PHA. Unfortunately it's not very popular so far though.
Show threadTimMar 20
@Natanox it’s a trend but so is chemical recycling which is where products like plastic can be broken down back into its original ingredients allowing to re polymerize
Show threadNatanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸Mar 20

@Timpostma If that's even available or done on your region, but a material that's harmless to the environment is always better than one that can be recycled at best. Saves on microplastics.

Given how 3D Printing made manufacturing so much more available my bet definitely is on the biodegradable materials for daily use and highly available recycling for materials with special properties that don't have degradable alternatives (yet), like ASA.

Show threadTim
@Natanox also plastic Bottles can be made into #3dprinting thermoplastic filament why not give #waste a new life
Mar 22 at 7:00pmWeb
Show threadNatanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸Mar 22

@Timpostma Doesn't make sense in Germany where I live, we have the Pfand system (paying 12 to 25ct per bottle extra and getting it back once we bring the bottles back to machines in the supermarket). That material is already part of an (almost) circular system of perpetual recycling.

Definitely a cool idea to do in other regions though!

Show threadTimMar 23
@Natanox good
Show threadTim6d ago
@Natanox i meant the plastic in the #environment but yes the Pfand is a nice system much like the bottle deposit on beer bottles & milk jugs