Currently, I am trying to find sources for the parts for the shredder I will build, however I soon realised that with a shredder alone, I cannot do much. Shreddered plastic looks and feels nice for sure, but just to have it standing around is not worth spending multiple 100$. So the one possibility is to build at least a second machne to turn the flakes into something.
But the other possibility, that came to mind was this:
Sell the recycled plastic for a fair price (Energy cost and a bit of working time + a tiny fraction machine cost) sort of like in an online shop and ship it out to people who then create stuff with it
A few pro’s:
+ People who want to design things can focus on the other three machines and don’t need to build their own shredder.
+ More people can get started with preciousplastic, because it gets more affordable
+ I can use my shredder more efficiently
+ This could also be an idea for a business plan for PP 3.0
So what do you think of this idea?
Also, if you are potentially interested in buying pre-shredded plastic, please reply, send me a private message just so I can see, if there is a potential market for this at all.
Hey @flo-2
I’ve posted a request for exactly this in other threads.
I have an injection mold, but not time to source recycled materials. I’m very interrested in buying your plastic.
Mainly PP and PE, color sorted and shredded to size roughly around 3-4 mm^2. Quality has to be good; i.e. no dirt, labels, stickers, glue and nice and dry.
@wecantecycleni Thanks! Well, not really, a few people have shown interest in the past, but my shredder wasn’t built back then, now I hve the tools but interest seems to be gone
@mattia-io haha yes, I’m looking forward to it (already seen some stuff, really really amazing! Huge thumbs up!).
