11 things we WISH we knew when starting Plastic Recycling

[@BrothersMake]

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[@BOMBERY63464]

Put cement powder in melted plastic 👍🏿

[@jackfrost1031]

Plastic engineer here. Your comment about bottles v caps has to do with the viscosity. Anything that has been injection molded into thin parts, like the caps, will likely have a similar low viscosity material. Blow molding produced bottles (like the soap bottle) will be in the middle and thick wall sheets or pipes will have very high viscosities. It has to do with the intended processes for the material in the first place. This is why mechanical recycling is so difficult!

[@uwuweewee]

They aren't interested in actually doing a good job, they just want clicks.

[@alexr2579]

what makes the viscosity different? He said they're both HDPE did one use a different plasticizer? or more of it?

[@Stella-n-Luna]

Can the plastic with a 1 inside the triangle be recycled into anything?

[@gaerekxenos]

​@@alexr2579 my guess is how the polymer chains are arranged within the material due to production process, with stretching the material ending up with the chains get straightened out a bit instead of being in a glob

[@Irilia_neko]

Yes you need the plastifier to be known, it's why recycled plastic is never as good. It's why the real way to recycle plastic is to get it fully dissolved to its original components.

[@diii8840]

I will always appreciate how often you guys make videos for absolute beginners.

[@ruslbicycle6006]

3:40 the heatgun tip is great. Another seemingly obvious tip but it took me a while to appreciate: The best adhesive or solvent to remove the adhesive is itself. So, when you have a mostly intact label coming off with adhesive backing but a bit of paper and adhesive left behind - often the best thing is to take that just removed label and tack it to the dregs remaining and then pull. Often I find the angle (shear vs tug) and some repetition helps. I don't think this works for everything but it's so simple and so much better than having to soak or try and find the right solvent to match - you already have the exact match on that waste label. Thanks for the video!

[@Compliment_Thief]

You realise electricity (for the heat gun) is burning fossil fuels and = Bad!

[@nscan2]

We have a place called reverse garbage where I live. You can go and buy any recycled products from wood to paint chips etc. It is great for crafters like me. Oh, and everything is clean.

[@johngriffith744]

I don't want to make product, BUT I love your channel, your ethos, and the difference that you are helping to inspire. Great work

[@dorcashomes23]

I have an obsession with storing used palstics and bottles. I wash them as i wash my plates and store them in an empty room even when i dont know what to do with it yet. But what surprises me is the amount i accumulate its so much it fills the whole room and i cant even see space to move about. I usually do an overhaul since where i stay recycling bins are not readily available. Wat a shame😢 its a merry go round for me but i cant just stop cos just like the brothers make i have a little bit lot of love for this inanimate things 😅 except i cant just go fully into plastic recycling apart from the ones i can do within closed doors because of the nature of my environment . Weldone brothers make i admire you so much ❤

[@Trina_White]

I'm really bored and have no idea why I watched this but I'm glad I did, good job guys!

[@andrewgalbreath2101]

My favorite way to remove labels, or adhesive after using a heat gun, is to cut off the affected sections into sheets as flat as possible, and then let them soak overnight in a shallow basin of mineral spirits. The next morning it all wipes off easily

[@EmeraldHill-vo1cs]

Hi, just be aware its made from naptha and inhaling regularly,not good. Stay safe.

[@debbushee6970]

i worked in the plastic injection molding for years , this is a good idea for a hobby . may i sugguest an idea invest in a scale measure a finish product then use that amount when making pieces and only put that amount into mold and it will give you alot less to clean off . sincerly deb in vermont

[@H2Dwoat]

Hi, some questions if I may: do you use detergents when washing plastics in the washing machine? Do you chop up bottles to make it easier to clean? What are you doing to minimise your energy usage? Home power generation? Solar heating? Have you thought of a candy folding type machine or something of that nature to fold out the air bubbles? Similar question about a machine that applies and increases pressure over time? Does static build up in the plastics making it difficult to manage shavings?

[@johnharder5618]

Nice video I recycle plastic to make fishing plugs I make the plugs in 2 pieces and epoxy the sides together I made molds out of Aluminum metal With the shape carved into the mold A air pocket is pressed into the plastic by the mold Then sand the seams , paint and add hardware

[@Bo-kq8tn]

This sounds awesome. Have you tried heat welding the halves together? Or does the epoxy work better in this case?

[@johnharder5618]

@@Bo-kq8tn I have not tried heat welding I have not tried tried heat welding Next batch will be made in a month or so and I hope try heat welding those

[@ShortwickCreations]

14:55 You could add a weight hanging off the end of the jack handle so that it would have a constant pressure, then just come and give it a lift if the weight touches the floor. You would just have to add equal weight to the cart, so it doesn't flip.

[@SalmanKhan-e3t5m]

I am from Pakistan and your video reached Pakistan in 21 second Lots of love from Pakistan❤

[@mustafahalukyilmaz102]

Greetings from Precious Plastic Turkey. Thank you for a great educational video. There are valuable tips for recyling plastic. We need to find a cheap solution for stubborn label residues. WD40 + Aceton is not a cheapset solution to get rid off these residues. I have been collecting empty plastic engine oil cans from several car services in the area where I live for a few months. I use big mesh bags and pre cut plastics into small pieces before washing. I use a a washing program with 80 Celcius at least 1.5 hr .However i am happy with the results. I know that industry uses caustic soda (drain cleaner chemical ) for plastic cleaning. But this might not be the ideal solution to breathe toxic dangerous fumes while caustic soda react with residues. We all know that HDPE bottles are made with blowmolding method.and also HDPE bottle caps are made with injection method. That is where the mfi or grades changes as you mentioned. I use 30cmx40cm Heat press and i can mix any grade of hdpe without issue. However precious plastic injection machine might not handle only blowmolding grade HDPE. Also i would like to mention that there is similar issue in PP (5) Plastic chairs may contain calcite for extra durability to the material. However that effects the purity and the grade of the PP (5). I love your works from the begining. Keep inspiring the commuity. ✌

[@AndysResinWorks]

So you wash the oil off in the washing machine? Hhmmm. So where does that all the oily water end up? Hhhmmm. Adding pollutants to the water system?? That's why oil is supposed to be disposed of in a safe controlled way. Glad I don't live in Turkey.

[@68HC060]

I don't know if I was the one mentioning the heatgun trick (I've used it for over 12 years), but there's a few more methods: 1: Since you're removing stickers from a bottle (or jar), you can fill the bottle with hot water; this can be poured into the next bottle, etc. after you've removed the sticker. 2: If the sticker still sticks (some glue types do not 'melt' completely when heated), then use sticky tape to remove the remaining glue. 3: If that doesn't work; try using water and salt. 4: If you're still out of luck, try dish-washing soap. 5: If still out of luck, you've spent too much time on this already, but you could - as a last resort, try the washing machine. 😉

[@em5114]

I’ve never heard the sticky tape trick before, I’ll definitely be giving that a go!

[@68HC060]

@@em5114 - There are several types of sticky tape; some have good glue, others have terrible glue. Most of the time, put tape over the glue you wish to remove, then push firmly, to make it stick well; then pull it off slowly (don't use a lot of force pulling off). Sometimes the glue won't easily remove; and sometimes you'll need to change tactics, putting the tape back over the glue several times and sometimes quickly and forcefully pulling the tape off instead of slowly. Tape can also be useful for removing dust, where (or when) you can't vacuum-clean. Scotch tape is not very good for removing glue; painter's tape would be better, but transparent packing tape might be a real good choice; it's usually strong and usually has a good glue.

[@lostvisitor]

It would be interesting to know How many KW of power, How many gallons of water, and how many labor hours go into one of those coaster.

[@Syroed777]

Good question!!!

[@kumardigvijaymishra5945]

It's a lot. And unless there is clear profit margin, I don't recommend this business, unless there is a great government grant.

[@lostvisitor]

@@kumardigvijaymishra5945 The stuff that would really work they refuse to do. The stuff that don't work they pay for.

[@AT-os6nb]

the money is made from yt vids not recycling.

[@CountJeffula]

Yeah, their batches seem so small so as to be laughably inefficient. Also, I see no heat recovery processes.

[@kindredg]

When I was a kid my dream was to start a company that took all donations and figured out how to recycle it. I love that you guys are actually doing it!

[@DevinJuularValentine]

I started collecting and recycling plastic because of your videos, although I was in a band so it was making guitar picks - I used metal washers to regulate thickness and was able to make pride flag coloured picks by placing cut single colour strips next to each other. I'm a luthier now, so I want to make a ukulele completely out of recycled plastic.... Just thinking through how you'd get a strong bond at joints

[@rapache1]

How are you saving the planet when you use all these chemicals and electricity. Recycling ♻️ is an amazing idea

[@jchester07]

The last part was really good. A lot of makers and businesses in our country never value their time. That's why they sell their products as cheap as possible thinking they are making profit.

[@dotpeat1372]

Great upload. I am making my products of recycled material (literally i empty landfil skips) for 17+ years. I am winding down, my customers are unhappy. 10 years ago I made my own recycled plastic, nr1, PET. I can/will write a book, the journey I had to make, as the whole recycle industry was against my effort, event governmental inspectors were provided and were boycotted and had to retract providing assistance. Your plastic is much, much easier but didn't do the job for me. I still have about 5 mile in my garden to process it, but time is my enemy. Because success could eat into my current provitable business, i postponed it. I just ironed several protos from milkbottles and grocery bags, showing the old logos and make the recycling visual asi a selling point. The plastic world is pure politics, but excellent for a cottage industry. Biggest question, how much of the coming generation would like to do what you and I are doing. I made, but could 25 fold, my business very successful, but very doubtful, as you rightfully said in the end, the material is only a small part of making money. It is the uniqueness and the smile of a satisfied customer, made us doing it, even family members didn't grasp, but we never showed off, as society today, doesn't understand as how to make money in a honest way. Your upload is good, i hope more people will pick this up! Thanks.

[@BS-vx8dg]

I'm at 2:31 and I think I already understand why almost everyone has concluded that recycling plastics is just not worth it.

[@johnharder5618]

Nice video A 20 ton Air over Hydraulic press makes pressing the molds a lot easier As I recycle HDPE to make fishing plugs

[@morgainebarter3954]

great tips, thank you! Teflon mats, silicon gloves, fold the plastic; got it! have only tried iron method with plastic bags previously - much was learned.

[@nickjohnson410]

When you factor in all the travel, time, tools, chemicals, and electricity as well as considering you are only using a minuscule sample of plastics available are you really recycling plastic or just upcycling trash into more energy intensive forever trash? This is a legit question about the efficacy of plastic recycling when considering overall net energy usage.

[@garrenosborne9623]

Thanks Guys , very helpful to our local circular economy attempts

[@Lorddanielrushton371]

Great tips. Thank you for these. It's really nice to see two brothers working together for the world good. My brother and I would have tried to panni press each other's hands.

[@BabulHossa-hc6ki]

🇧🇩🇧 বাংলাদেশ থেকে দেখছি,,,আপনাদের ভিডিও দেখে আমার ভালো লাগে।🥰

[@jovenc4508]

Have y'all thought about something like a taffy puller hook for stretching and twisting the plastic?

[@Wang_Thunder]

That's pretty much the opposite of what you want. Taffy pulling works by aerating the soft candy until it increases in size and takes on the translucent color. Not only does this introduce a ton of air into the candy, but it also begins to cool much faster.

[@Bo-kq8tn]

@@Wang_Thunder Exactly this. I would be curious for them to try some ceramic clay wedging techniques on it though, movements designed to get air bubbles out and create a homogenous mixture. In the multicolored plastics case I think it would probably make some extremely fine colored lines.

[@jovenc4508]

​​@@Wang_Thunder Except he explicitly stated in the video that stretching and twisting plastic is different from making candy.

[@darthbuzz1]

Salmon... posh word for pink. Excellent job re-using old plastic. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

[@mygirldarby]

Salmon is a pale peachy pink.

[@darthbuzz1]

@@mygirldarby Thank you.

[@bottlecaps2741]

Have you ever looked into the feasibility of making thread/yarn from plastic? I've seen videos of people claiming to make beanies from soda bottles, but I'm not entirely sure they're being fully truthful on the ease of it.

[@PreciousPlasticRomagna]

Very valuable video! I studied the matter about different additives added to the various kinds of HDPE and I also discovered that some bottle caps aren't injected but rather compression molded on a very fast machine (you can distinguish them because they lack the tiny injection point on the top), and so the melting index is lower, similar to the blow molded one. I also started collecting everything I could find, and I regretted it. Even if I can inject the thicker kind of HDPE and PP with my hydraulic injection machine, the cleaning process involved in bottles is wasting a lot of time. I keep just the brighter/"rare" colors and throw the rest. Also some people carried very dirty plastic and since I'm working on the project in my spare time it happened that I had bags of stinky plastic... Did you know what the smell of decomposed yoghurt/cheese/mayonnaise is? Unfortunately I do...😂😂🤮🤮 Love your ability in videomaking, brilliant! Keep going!

[@lindatshappat4973]

Have you tried eliminating air bubles by using a rolling pin? It works on bread after kneading.

[@yyhau-man375]

Thanks for sharing, this is so enriching!

[@lilamiller3326]

Your pink hoodies are perfect for breast cancer awareness month! 🩷

[@daniel1117]

I love this video! It has answered so many of my questions Thank You!

[@kumardigvijaymishra5945]

13:33 Rather use a vertical clamp. Strong clamping force helps in removing air bubbles as well. Thanks for a gr8 video.

[@home-bodyz]

Wonderful. Very inspiring. Thank you 😀

[@PhenduPhendu]

Am from eswatini am looking forward starting this business

[@SoPea]

I love that you added a little Easter Egg in there with the Meaning Of Life 😉

[@BrothersMake]

Yes! Someone noticed :)

[@google12greekmythsthatprove.]

Easter is a religious Holiday. The definition of the word religion is a BELIEF in the mind a passed down TRADITION and worship of a superhuman controlling power especially that of a PERSONAL GOD or GODS. No one HAS a PERSONAL God. After the female egg chooses the swimmer the growing baby starts receiving messages through the womb from their birth mother's EMOTIONS ( energy ) and the growing baby knows her mental state of mind IN THAT PROCESS while growing in the womb and we ALL had those experiences for nearly a year while growing in our first classroom the WOMB and we all HAD those experiences without having a BELIEF in any man made religion yes? The religious word atheist was created by our species in the 1570s yes? In 313 AD Emperor Constantine MADE Christianity a religion as a political move. : Judaism myths Britannica. : Crusaders-World history Encyclopedia. : 1400 years of the real history of Islam in 5 minutes by Brigitte Gabriel. The purpose of life is to be loving : Sin misopotamian God. : 4 year old Edward Austrain. : These twins share a brain can access each other's EMOTIONS and can even see through each other's eyes.

[@OublietteTight]

This reminds me, I used to do warm stained glass projects. Cleaning felt like 50% of my time and efforts. Everything had to be perfectly clean clean clean.

[@heatherannlynn9876]

Using heart gun to peel Lavelle you should wear protection.

[@msannthrope1863]

Polymer clay enthusiasts use a pasta machine to remove the air bubbles. You might consider that. You can motorize them.

[@3rconsejosdereciclaje]

❤ saludos desde ecuador 🇪🇨

[@nunyabitnezz2802]

In the USA they don’t put identifiers on bottle tops.

[@boblordylordyhowie]

I have melted milk bottles before when I needed a lump of plastic for a project. HDPE is really tough when cooled and is difficult to cut when thick, as it melts when using a jig saw, but you adapt.

[@MHLivestreams]

Use water as lubricant coolant.

[@majorbrighton]

Although your intensions seem worthy. The entire process is not very environment friendly, right? You use your petrol car to collect from too many locations, with extremely limited colors, you suggest using very volatile chemicals just to remove a thin label, when often a soak in boiling water is enough. All those chemicals are both expensive and evaporate too quickly. You use an uneven waffle press to flatten a result that only has the quality of used gum! Even using a wash cycle to clean tops is more expensive than leaving them to boil or soak in Clorine overnight. Here in Sweden, there is no sorting done at all, yet who wants Pink/grey glass frames anyway. No, they offer a container on the street with a compartment for plastic but not thin plastic bags, they go into "Burnt". Yet they do not tell you that the two types are dealt with in the same way, i.e. burnt. You are using a lot of energy through the whole process and that did not look to motivating. Then there is all the extra equipment made and at a cost too. It would take far too many glas frames to win back that kind of money. In the end, the results looked terrible right. uneven, scraped, crudely trimmed etc. I think you should stick to using a 3D print that offers a cheap, no waste result. Household plastics should be ground to a fine texture and be mixed into road Tarmac or Asphalt as it helps against frost and is a good insolent. I believe they use polystyrene in America for this and it works well. It is also a product without it´s own container at tips, so again is burnt. I also think that there could be a system for charging cars while they are on the roads. You would skip having to worry about that issue too. Your car would be scanned and even the streetlights might light up for you too? It would know were your going too. They have those tiny wind turbines that sit on top of street lights to charge the lights do they not, any excess charge you make can be stored as a back to nature cost and pay for more trees or be stored? What do you think? Naturally would only work for major roads to start with.

[@matthewbenndotcom]

What's the wattage on the panini press?

[@gerradanania8270]

Great information brothers make💚

[@cecilomar]

Have you ever tried a heat press like the ones used to press HTV on shirts? I have one and have been meaning to try. I'm looking into melting HDPE and PLA. I think that that having heat from only one side might not be as ideal as a panini press though.

[@TurtleDudeProd]

I’d like to know if they tried that as well. I used one myself to make some inserts for a cooler. I work in a restaurant and got some of the empty fryer oil jugs and brought home and cut out sheets from them. Cleaned them really well with some dawn (cuz it gets rid of grease obviously) And I used my little heat press to basically laminate several sheets into one thicker sheet. Then I cut and shaped it and drilled small holes. And now they fit perfectly in my little cooler so I can keep my food above the ice!

[@mel1654]

Does turning them into small chips eliminate the air bubbles and thus the need for twisting it? Precious Plastics Melbourne does a lot of speckled slabs that have a nice terrazzo effect, would love to be able to replicate that look!

[@Vermilicious]

I haven't tried it, but many kinds of plastic can be dissolved into acetone, removing the need for heating and all that kneading and stuff. You can also store it in its dissolved form with a closed container.

[@Lizziestewart-j1i]

Hair straighteners are controlled heat press

[@FrznFury27]

Have you done any research into the microplastic phenomenon? Does recycled plastic shed more? Less?

[@wendywatkins628]

Wow! Everything i didnt know i wanted to know about recycling. I very much enjoyed stumbling upon your video.

[@jeffmastin]

When i lived in the beach area of Ecuador i noticed literally tons if plastic lining the beach, except much had become brittle in the sun. Was wondering if the sun damaged waste can be used fir anything

[@Bo-kq8tn]

I wonder about UV degraded plastics too. The polymer chains /mollecule bonds have gotten broken by the UV light, and I'm not sure if it's in a way where those ends would stick together again if heated up. I want to see someone try though!

[@hexdef6423]

Hdpe is still viable

[@DHM_Creative]

I want HDPE marble counter tops now 🤘🏽😆♥️

[@sharkattack1979]

Awesome to see how far you have come guys 👏👏👏

[@JMFuller227]

Awesome video, gents! Thanks for sharing all the helpful info you’ve picked up along the way! And is that a Hand Tool Rescue wrench I see you all using on your press at 15:13? If so it’s awesome that you all are also supporting other KZbinrs as well! He’s another one of my favorite channels! Cheers fellas!

[@Skibber]

Just a tip: In stead of the wood boards you are using in your press, find some thick aluminum sheets. They will disperse the heat from the plastic molds much quicker ;-)

[@syntecsmurf]

By the time you add fuel to get plastic and the electricity to melt the plastic, the carbon footprint of small scale recycling is probably higher than disposal or commercial recycling.

[@consciouslove]

It depends. If you are working from wind and solar it’s a non issue.

[@Whimspiration]

If many recycling companies didn't toss the majority of their received recyclables into the landfill, it might indeed be easier on the environment to trust the big guys to do it large scale. Unfortunately that's not the case, and until that changes, everyone who helps keep things out of the landfills should be lauded and appreciated. 😊 There's still so much to be recycled; care to join a movement?

[@syntecsmurf]

@@Whimspiration Does not negate the fact that the carbon footprint for what these guys are doing is higher than throwing it away, You might as well burn the plastic because fossil fuel is being wasted to power the melting of the plastics.

[@dshe8637]

Such an inefficient hobby. I wonder what happened to all the panini presses, ovens, air fryers and other appliances they contaminated then cast aside?

[@lawrenceshaban5382]

Do you think you could recycle the plastic into 3D printer filament? Feel like you could use that to make a menagerie of products or just sell the filament itself?

[@Syroed777]

There many videos on this are on the KZbin!

[@WongBant]

Thank you for the education and experience in every knowledge given. Always be successful

[@randycarroll-bradd4894]

Any ideas for a DIY shredder?

[@monicapearn2185]

I have just come across your video. Thanks, very informative. Thank you also for explaining that there were two of you. I had wondered if it was clever editing.

[@Kristian_theDane82]

You guys are true legends 👍😄 i've learned a lot, from watching your videos 😊 Also, i have a fair amount of plastic lids, for future projects 😁

[@CTCTraining1]

Great work guys 😀👍 Would be interested to see if any of those Flow Enhancers designed for recycled plastic really help bridge the gap between the bottle caps and the bottle bodies you were demonstrating.

[@a.b.creator]

Goo B Gone and any Orange essential oil will take sticky labels off fairly easily too 👍👍

[@wileymarm0t]

Definitely feeling overwhelmed with information! Well done.

[@debbralehrman5957]

Thanks that was very interesting.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@overvoltagestudio]

What made you choose to use a kitchen oven to heat the molds for the injection machine? Instead of direct resistive heating built into the molds or something similar that you can clamp to the molds

[@lauriehall7841]

Thank you for what you are doing to make a difference.

[@DavidConnerCodeaholic]

Just the tips on removing labels is itself a huge timesaver for me… though I’m not really saving much plastic at the moment now. I was mostly just trying to reuse the bottles, but they don’t fit a grid. If it were possible to take a circular plastic bottle and reshape it into a smaller hexagonal or rectangular bottle, that would be fairly useful. I would imagine that heating and remolding would be possible, but tricky. If the reshaped container could be stacked, that would definitely beat the 3D printed “gridfinity”

[@johnbradford9235]

Thanks guys 👍👍👍. 😎

[@Flo-MotionDiscGolf-Chain-Gang]

You both are so awesome!! Do you go thru a drying process after you wash the plastic - I heard that moisture can produce bubbles as well.

[@randyearles1634]

thanks for making a clear video.

[@mygirlbumbaugh1883]

Thank you recycling is ideal waste control. I've been recycling since the 1970's. I learned it in school. And the products you make are quite pretty. Seeing the other end of the process. It's brilliant! Now what can I do with all this glass? 😊

[@nathanaelcard]

Have you experimented with waffle irons? Seems like that form factor might be pretty sturdy

[@joelyfpv7075]

This is amazing well done ❤

[@hondajanak]

Very enjoyable and informative. Thanks!

[@jessWilly365]

This is a very good idea to reduce plastic, considering how much plastic there is out in the world

[@AndyCPugh]

Great tips guys.

[@HunterSeth]

What are those black mats you put in the Panini press?

[@richardokeeffe8375]

You guys are the best!

[@daraalayed953]

This is a great video. Thank you. I collect a lot of bottle caps and I am keen on recycling... I try to use them for art, but I love that you gave all the right tips for recycling and melting at home. Can you please let me know where we could buy molds that can be used at home as well? Thank you.

[@MarkNopeJustMark]

Big up the salmon brothers 🐟

[@BrothersMake]

😂😂

[@IAmBoredToTheMaximum]

This is a very cool channel

[@simondesu1]

Nice work. Brilliant!

[@CH11LER.]

Hey, I was wondering, do you convert your recycled plastic into pellets? If you did, you could expand into many more ways of using your plastics. Last night, I watched a guy make a life-sized "benchy" the boat which used recycled plastic pellets. He had a huge 3d printer which used the pellets to do it.

[@YeloPartyHat]

Great video brothers!

[@zodd0001]

You are great, guys !

[@garagemonkeysan]

Great video. Informative. Mahalo for sharing.

[@jobethk588]

Great video!

[@mygirldarby]

8:45 😅 People with the photic sneeze effect (you sneeze when looking at the sun or a bright light) don't realize that it isn't a universal thing. I have it, and when a friend said she felt like she had to sneeze but couldn't, I told her to look at the light. She was like, "why?" It turns out that only 18%-35% of people have this reflex. It is more common in women and most people who have it are of European descent.

[@BrothersMake]

Haha that’s so interesting! I wondered why it didn’t work for him 😅

[@barbaraness4507]

I am highly sensitive to melting, and burning plastic! I’ve had to be hospitalized too many times from our neighbors burning their plastic trash.

[@subjugatedsisyphus]

Asthma right ! I get that in rural farm areas burning there garbage where there is no garbage pickup when I bicycle tour . Puts me in the hospital as well .

[@WillShepherd-b4f]

I’m going to make some resin for my recycling ♻️ project. Do you have any suggestions or tips on what to use for materials please?

[@jswets5007]

It is much cheaper to produce plastic from virgin material. And you believe that petroleum is a quickly diminishing resource? Great video, great tips. I look forward to utilizing them. Great work, keep it up. Thank you.

[@joelmp3]

A good didactic video🤗, but the first step could have been teaching how to turn plastics into gas for the truck.😊👍greetings!!

[@darkfoxfurre]

Wouldn't it just be easier to machine shred the cleaned plastic and refine it into pellets for injection moulding or FDM extrusion?