Precious Plastic Shenzhen

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Hi Guys,

I’m Luke a British guy living in Shenzhen. We are just about to start on our precious plastics journey and hope to get advice from the community here. Tonight I will present about the Precious Plastic project to our local community of Designers, Makers, Hackers

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI1MjY0NzgyMQ==&mid=2247483739&idx=1&sn=76f52089db24fea6a1c1df9dae9dc918&chksm=e9e1c1b9de9648af5a436c014aebbb604eff935de15390780964919bc07ee67578bf1e8f68a1&mpshare=1&scene=1&srcid=0509OwcexC2mBv1D4wtZnYj0#rd

I have some concerns about the project, which have likely been voiced by others and I’d like to get your thoughts on them.

Right now we are  still looking for a suitable venue to put the machines and operate them, some of us operate out of makerspaces in residential areas where we have outdoor spaces to build the machines, but they are certainly not suitable for processing the plastics.

My main concern is the fumes from the melting plastic, The plastic fumes can be toxic and we should be aware of this and take the proper safety precautions to avoid inhaling the fumes, I wondered what precautions other precious plastics projects have taken and whether its possible to fit the machines with filters to reduce the emissions.

Thanks all, look forward to being part of the community

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Hello @lukasmaximus89
Adding filters to the machines is not really feasible, however, one easy solution is to add a fume extractor.

You can easily build one with a strong vacuum cleaner or even a stove extractor hood

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Thanks for the suggestion olivier, I have seen some hepa filters on 3D printers, I was wondering if those would work also