Build your own plastic recycling plant.
https://preciousplastic.com

Richard wrote:
Build your own plastic recycling plant.
https://preciousplastic.com


Seems to me developing clean incineration plants is way more sensible than
horribly inefficient plastic collection, sorting and recycling that is
going on at present. How much energy is needed to turn something from a
domestic dustbin back into something useful?

Lots of useful energy locked up in all that plastic.

Tim

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"Richard" Wrote in message:
Build your own plastic recycling plant.
https://preciousplastic.com


Um did I miss the bit where they say how?

Seems like the murketing fairies have been got well stuck in to
that idea /site?

Should I have spotted a "price list" in there somewhere too?
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"Richard" Wrote in message:
Build your own plastic recycling plant.
https://preciousplastic.com


Um did I miss the bit where they say how?

Seems like the murketing fairies have been got well stuck in to
that idea /site?

Should I have spotted a "price list" in there somewhere too?

Well, the links are along the top:
Home The Plan Machines etc.

https://preciousplastic.com/en/videos/build/
https://preciousplastic.com/en/videos/build/extrusion/

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"jim" wrote in message
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"Richard" Wrote in message:
Build your own plastic recycling plant.
https://preciousplastic.com


Um did I miss the bit where they say how?

Seems like the murketing fairies have been got well stuck in to
that idea /site?

Should I have spotted a "price list" in there somewhere too?

Well, the links are along the top:
Home The Plan Machines etc.

https://preciousplastic.com/en/videos/build/
https://preciousplastic.com/en/videos/build/extrusion/



Ah I'll have another go on a different device :-)
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On 12/6/2016 6:12 PM, Tim+ wrote:
Richard wrote:
Build your own plastic recycling plant.
https://preciousplastic.com


Seems to me developing clean incineration plants is way more sensible than
horribly inefficient plastic collection, sorting and recycling that is
going on at present. How much energy is needed to turn something from a
domestic dustbin back into something useful?

Lots of useful energy locked up in all that plastic.

Tim


I tend to agree, but perhaps a basic "first pass" might enable some
useful recycling into "garden furniture" type products?

As discussed a litle here by Julia Higgins, worth a listen for those of
a scientific bent.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b083n2jg

On 12/6/2016 6:12 PM, Tim+ wrote:
Richard wrote:
Build your own plastic recycling plant.
https://preciousplastic.com


Seems to me developing clean incineration plants is way more sensible than
horribly inefficient plastic collection, sorting and recycling that is
going on at present. How much energy is needed to turn something from a
domestic dustbin back into something useful?

Lots of useful energy locked up in all that plastic.

Tim


Having had a quick look at the web site I'm quite impressed. (I admit I
didn't search around to see who is funding it). I could believe that
with third world labour costs to do the sorting and cleaning (and we
have all seen the videos of kids swarming over disgusting rubbish tips),
this sort of small scale enterprise could provide real opportunities in
the right places.

I was expecting it to be full of "save the planet" rhetoric, but
actually it is more about starting an industrial revolution without too
much capital.

And then it can branch two ways, either to provide useful recycled
material to conventional manufacturing, or to produce alternative
innovative products (say, plastic bicycles or housing).

But you can always burn the stuff which is too contaminated or otherwise
not suitable for recycling as well.

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On 12/6/2016 6:12 PM, Tim+ wrote:
Richard wrote:
Build your own plastic recycling plant.
https://preciousplastic.com


Seems to me developing clean incineration plants is way more sensible
than
horribly inefficient plastic collection, sorting and recycling that is
going on at present. How much energy is needed to turn something from a
domestic dustbin back into something useful?

Lots of useful energy locked up in all that plastic.

Tim


Having had a quick look at the web site I'm quite impressed. (I admit I
didn't search around to see who is funding it). I could believe that with
third world labour costs to do the sorting and cleaning (and we have all
seen the videos of kids swarming over disgusting rubbish tips), this sort
of small scale enterprise could provide real opportunities in the right
places.

I was expecting it to be full of "save the planet" rhetoric, but actually
it is more about starting an industrial revolution without too much
capital.

And then it can branch two ways, either to provide useful recycled material
to conventional manufacturing, or to produce alternative innovative
products (say, plastic bicycles or housing).

But you can always burn the stuff which is too contaminated or otherwise
not suitable for recycling as well.

Good that at least one person could see the plan. I only found the site from
having looked at this:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Maki...ck-for-Project

And use so much more energy than creating new plastic, very handy.
Apparently the latest ideas are for smart plastic that self destructs on
encountering a certain gas or liquid. However two issues with that, firstly,
what about all the old plastic, and second one would need to choose your
destruct signal substance very carefully or granny witht the new formulation
pledge might suddnly find the tv as a gooey blob on the floor.
Brian

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Build your own plastic recycling plant.
https://preciousplastic.com

On Tuesday, 6 December 2016 18:13:52 UTC, Tim+ wrote:
Richard wrote:
Build your own plastic recycling plant.
https://preciousplastic.com


Seems to me developing clean incineration plants is way more sensible than
horribly inefficient plastic collection, sorting and recycling that is
going on at present. How much energy is needed to turn something from a
domestic dustbin back into something useful?

Lots of useful energy locked up in all that plastic.


Burning plastic is extremely polluting.
Even if scrubbers are fitted,the collected material still has to be disposed of.
We should be using more glass and returning containers for reuse.
The plastic is poisoning us.