Recycle Beach Waste ON the Beach

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We get lots of suggestions about how we should use solar power in our recycling projects. And whilst our workshop is powered by energy generated from renewables, we thought we'd take this a step further and take our solar panels and panini press to the beach to melt some ocean plastic!
We teamed up with our buddy Oly from Project Planet Earth, who's been doing amazing things to tidy up our coastline. Using only what we found in a little bay we came across, we managed to recycle HDPE on-site using a few tools we brought with us from the workshop.
Solar power and renewables are the future. There's no doubt about it. And it was great to experience this first hand whilst having fun and cleaning the beach at the same time. We hope that watching this video inspires you to do something to help our planet. You could watch some of our tutorial videos and get started melting plastic, or head to your nearest beach, lake, river or park and spend a few minutes cleaning it up.
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[@BrothersMake]

Thank for watching! What else should we make from ocean plastic on the beach?

[@MarksGoneWicked]

Do you have a link for the plastics tester?

[@wafflebeaver]

Sand castle mold

[@kakarotvegeta5095]

Hockey puck or hockey stick

[@lechatbotte.]

You’re making a bigger difference than commercial recycling. In fact less than 20% of plastic actually gets recycled via collection commercially. Good job guys teach people to repurpose it themselves way more efficient as well.

[@eugenetswong]

Somebody already mentioned a laundry basket. I'd love to see that. Different styles would be nice.

[@shauncoertzen899]

Awesome video. I'm a high school technology teacher in South Africa and I used some of your techniques to melt HDPE and teach my learners about recycling. I'm hoping to show them some of your videos in class sometime.

[@diymaster101]

I’m also South African I’m from Cape Town South Africa

[@kareematjimoh9004]

We really need more people in this world like you guys,changing the world and making it better,inspiring students round the world

[@ferenctaisz449]

Guys you are truly amazing. Making real change, not just in our planet, but in peoples head too.

[@itzcaseykc]

Thank you for helping to clean up the waterways. Using the pieces that you did on a practical project is always nice, too.

[@amethysttrotter1087]

WE NEED MORE INFO ON THE PlasTel! That's exactly the type of thing I've been looking for so I can confirm plastics before melting

[@missklibs3257]

So, I am getting an aluminum mold made based on a particular 5 circuit finger labyrinth pattern from two former coworkers. It will be made out of recycled plastic!!! I was asking the Universe for assistance on some of the details and they were presented in your video Melting Ocean Plastic at the Beach using SOLAR POWER, . . . I Love it When A Plan Comes Together😁. When the time comes, I will be making a video and linking it back to this one!!! I am so very, very excited. Thank you for all of your help along the way by encouraging me to do projects similar to your! Will send the link along to you when it is ready.

[@eugenetswong]

Congratulations. If you post a link here to that video, then I'll watch it.

[@rman8028]

We have a beach town that celebrates 'Traitors Day' (July 4th) by allowing fireworks on the beach. The next day volunteers clean up the beach, plastics and all. Great idea, cleaning the beach, mates!

[@DaveGDesigns]

Have you thought about making long strips that could be used to weave and make bigger receptacles like a laundry basket maybe or a basket to use at the beach when collecting stuff? I’m sure you could use thin strips if they are long enough? Oh and feel free to send me a small fossil I can use in a project 👍🏻 bless up my brothers 👊🏼

[@eugenetswong]

Yeah, a laundry basket would be nice.

[@VulcanTheConqueror]

I just ordered the panini press and it was $92 to get it shipped to Wisconsin. For anyone wondering. I did go with the "I have no literal patience" option for shipping though. 😁

[@JohnMadeit]

Amazing work as usual. That little decice that tells you the type of plastic is cool.

[@ellisburton8733]

Fab video.... Guys get yourself a Rocket Kettle.... No gas needed and you'll never go back... You can cook on them to. 💪🏼❤️ Really inspiring.

[@moth.monster]

Worth noting that while PET isn't recyclable via your methods, there's lots of fun ideas to recycle it. 3d printer pull-struders that turn bottles into filament are a fun tool that are rather easy to build and can be used to make anything one could design in CAD.

[@BrothersMake]

Yes we’ve seen these - would be fun to try

[@VinzRex]

Great idea guys! Just discovered your channel today and would love to see more of these cleanup/recycling combo videos!

[@shellv4094]

Could you press the melted plastic on a fossil that you found to get that design and make “fossil” drink coasters?

[@ratdetecting4780]

That is an awesome idea

[@mildredthegoat8340]

Jurrassic Coast-ers!!!

[@shancre]

Please make Lincoln logs, or Lego-esque stuff next

[@gayathrijayakumar5238]

Kudos! For your great sense of responsibility & patience...

[@solveighouzvic3832]

Thanks for your content guys! I really enjoy it and learn a lot with it!!

[@ronaldcline1235]

Looks like you all had a fabulous and successful day.

[@jaredspalding9485]

Truly inspiring guys. Keep it up 🙌

[@zaki19631]

Thank you very much for this creativity 🙏👍🙏

[@Flecha57]

Hi guys! I have not posted any comments lately, but I have seen all your recent videos. Two questions: How did you guys forget cleaning supplies???? 🤣🤣🤣 What is the recycling code number for PE? I didn't know it could be melted like HDPE. Plastic contamination of the environment around the world needs to be solved. This video is simply fantastic. Well done! 🥰🥰

[@eugenetswong]

HDPE is a kind of PE. So are MDPE [medium density] & LDPE [lower density].

[@hrc6628]

Thank you guys for this example

[@Janinho897]

That's so dope, guys!

[@tenchi20229]

Awesome video. Happy to see my name in there keeping you guys going!

[@eugenetswong]

Are you talking about Patreon support? If so, then thank you for your financial support so that I can watch for free.

[@CTCTraining1]

Excellent project, well done indeed 😀👍

[@failfurby]

Ngl, your dedication to putting your money where your mouths are is amazing. I still hope to one day do some kind of my own small part to fuel making some stuff of my own.

[@JoJoAcrylicArtwork]

Epic! I love this

[@ERKNEES2]

Those fossils are crazy neat!

[@vacuumdiagram]

Aha, I bought a jackery solar panel a couple of months ago - smaller battery though! Use it to counter some of the extra electrical cost of wfh! Well, if I ignore the initial outlay, hah - feels more satisfying though! I prefer your good green use of them though!

[@Tangerinetaco]

Your content is so relaxing to watch. 🥰🪼🪸🌞 Thanks for posting!

[@twotone3070]

Very satisfying.

[@nraishanzr3333]

Amazing!

[@Rastasolo188]

Impressive guys ! I fallow u long time and u inspired me to start even my own recycle surfboard business

[@eugenetswong]

Thank you for doing that.

[@Corduroykidd]

what a cool idea. The beaches of the PNW could certainly use a clean up.

[@BrothersMake]

Thanks! Grab a few friends and make a day of it?

[@zbigniewbalczunas4438]

great respect-Your films should be shown in schools as conservation opportunities with elements of economics and business !!! Think about such films for schools ,!!!!! I wish you good luck I keep my fingers crossed greetings from Poland.🤩😘👏👏

[@1anonly308]

Legends

[@tinasally379]

You guys are so awesome. Gave me a idea to try and start using some of this plastics we are throwing away.

[@BrothersMake]

Awesome!

[@ICdedppl666]

you're absolute legends!

[@FloatingIdeasonanarrowboat]

A Vango induction hob works on a 1KW inverter. Setting numer 3 is more than enough for a kettle, saucepan or frying pan.

[@aasthaaggarwal146]

i really want to meet you guys in real life seriously. gonna learn each and every equipment persoanlly how r you wrking and using them and hats off its really difficult to keep going with no funds and support. i still wonder y ur channel is so underrated..

[@Mygoodniss123]

Amazing

[@ANDR701]

Cool❤

[@emilycranch6605]

Keep it up guy, wonderful stuff. I'd love to see you making some buttons at some point.

[@BrothersMake]

We make buttons for sale on our website :) May do a video on these

[@pat_link_]

Great video ♻♻♻🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@BrothersMake]

Thank you Pat!

[@fratersol]

You could use hdpe too

[@Skitaddahee]

Would PE melt with a solar oven? Would be a fun test to watch, great video as always!

[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

Probably. I've gotten mine up to 350f before.

[@georginajones5590]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, I am inspired! I have been wanting to make things with recycled plastic for years but didn't know how to melt it safely. I have the very thing already - a t-shirt heat press! I even use a silicon sheet (I presume that's what you're using?) Do you have any idea approx what temperature you need to melt it without it giving off toxic fumes?

[@andymanaus1077]

Hi Brothers! Looks like you had a lot of fun making this one. I just wanted to ask about the Plastell plastic identifier. It's not on your Amazon link. I'm not sure of the spelling and can't find it online. Cheers, guys.

[@RupaCreations]

Would be great to have your equipment links 'for any of the tools used in this video' include the solar panels and plastic testing machines as these were very important for this project.

[@BrothersMake]

Check out the description 👍🏽

[@ERKNEES2]

This concept is so awesome. My worries would be investing in a solar station and it no being reliable and breaking.

[@SalmaAhmed-w8t]

I was wondering what to do like tou guys at home then i realised that you should do coasters i would love to have simple tutorial

[@anamariasanchez3818]

🇦🇷🇦🇷 recupero,reutilizo,muy original en español 🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@KainisDarc]

Wow this Snail was huge!!!!

[@BrothersMake]

Really was! 🐌

[@KainisDarc]

@@BrothersMake wonder if they could grow in our times this big too if French people wouldn't eating them xD

[@BrothersMake]

Hahah, that'd be a solid meal 🐌

[@KainisDarc]

@@BrothersMake hahahah yup solid one for small village xD

[@jeffreydaw9580]

Make windmill blades and structure for power alt.

[@theabraham.1166]

Hello guys. Please do a video on recycling plastic into 3D printing filament.

[@bnktags]

Question for Brothers Make: I recently participated in the push for recycled plastic products at my university. We have been in full-swing product production using mainly HDPE (#5) and PP (#2) recycled plastics that we collected on campus and from local places. Our products have included keychain tokens, flower pots, and a bottle opener shaped like our mascot with a metal beak bottle opener. My question is: Is there any way of making, let us say HDPE, food safe after we have collected, cleaned, shredded, and injected the plastic into a mold. I am looking to make some recycled plastic shot glasses but have not yet since I have not found a way to make it food safe after production. Any feedback or direction would be great from you or anyone following the channel would be great! Love the videos! Thank you!

[@marcoandreknottjung3418]

IS IT Not the better way, first to Stop the production and use of plastic and in the meantime, Robots scan and handle the collecting, cleaning and melting part! There must BE faster and easier ways, definitely! But thanks to you, that you are doing this, what has to be done, ON the RedSea! Because theRedSea IS full in the beaches!

[@SailboatDiaries]

Have you tried a fresnel lens?

[@suhardytrkchannel8800]

Mantap sobat 👍

[@BrothersMake]

Thanks for watching!

[@mgold7503]

Two questions: can you use silicone molds (for resin usually) for recycled hdpe plastic? If not, where would you get molds. I have RA, and my hands can't handle carving.

[@eugenetswong]

1) Yes. InvenTory, the KZbin channel, uses them for many projects. 2) Michaels, and many retailers, have them. Look for icecube trays, and gelatine molds.

[@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith]

Brother Make: "Found some fossils as well, can't melt those though." Me: Not with THAT equipment you can't.

[@stuartwilson5827]

What material are you using to wrap the plastic in on the press?

[@gyanprakash6669]

CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ON HOW TO RECYCLE OR REUSE PLASTIC PENS?🖊

[@antitodotv.2331]

Esa paleta termina en la basura después de dos meses

[@Vidchemy]

Great video, although a tad green-washy. Someday, a clever group of people will figure out how to manufacture truly sustainable solar panels. Kudos to the ocean cleanup group. I've been looking at the Jackery solar-chargeable battery. Glad to see it holding up fairly well. A future challenge could be to heat the plastic in a solar oven

[@BrothersMake]

I’ll happily discuss what you think was greenwashy about it?

[@eugenetswong]

I'd also like to know.

[@Vidchemy]

@@BrothersMake I'm not accusing you of greenwashing, your efforts are far from that. Being at the beach and gushing over using "green" power is the greenwashy part. The solar panels and batteries are encased in petroleum-based plastics, as is the clever tool that determines plastic type. Whether the batteries are lead-acid or NiCd, they won't be easily reclaimed or recycled. Additionally, the wood used to make the paddle is likely fresh wood. Again, not criticizing the efforts or the use of solar energy.

[@BrothersMake]

Where I agree that the production of solar panels and battery storage systems is not plastic free (far from it actually), does that disqualify them from use? Just because the systems in place aren’t perfect, it doesn’t mean that they aren’t better. Solar storage systems work in the sense that they remove the need for fossil fuel dependency. But there is absolutely work to do for their end-of-life. Also, the wood we used was all scrap and offcuts from our workshop 🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@Vidchemy]

@@BrothersMake Again, I am not critizing the use of solar panels, and pointing out that they are made of plastic is not the same as stating their use should be disqualified, you are putting words in my mouth.

[@lasavate6370]

is it possible to make a plastic mold to mold plastic ?

[@happysmile1185]

Is there any way to melt bottle tops at home without the expensive equipment you have? Let me know I would Ike to make something with my students.

[@GoVARanimation]

what tool to use to melt the plastic, and where can i buy it

[@ShyamKumar-sl3qo]

How to make a HDPE fingerboard

[@benstouffer]

Could this be done with a solar oven? Asking for a Friend 😉

[@dwightgordon803]

I NEED that awesome toy for ID'ing plastic! Where can I get it?

[@BrothersMake]

Check out the Matoha website and tell them Brothers Make sent you for a discount 🤙🏽

[@NoAssumptionsBoutique]

What is y’all’s opinion as far as repurposing the actual plastic bottle itself and not just the lid? Can that be done and safely? Haven’t seen y’all use any plastic bottles yet and wasn’t sure if y’all felt like it wouldn’t work as well or just prefer to use lids as it doesn’t need to be stripped up and cut into little pieces like the plastic bottle would. Let me know, very curious abt y’all’s opinions of how and just in general when it comes to melting the bottle that these lids come from or a way to repurpose them in general.

[@kareno8634]

*HI! WHAT is that Design in Sand?!!* @ 2:55 Huge Ammonite? i looked it up, Parapuzosia seppenradensis species. Found in Germany is 1.8 m in Diameter. if complete 2.55 m - 3.5 m. COOL, another! 7:18

[@FlyToSardinia]

What is best for melting plastic, a mini oven or a panini press? And does the plate of the panini press have to be necessarily smooth? The Breville VST049 i can't find it on the web. And if I look for other brands, either they don't have a smooth plate or they are really expensive.

[@eugenetswong]

Maybe the oven? I don't know, but with the oven, you can use silicon molds and just let the force of gravity do its work. I don't think that there is a best tool.

[@FlyToSardinia]

@@eugenetswong Force of gravity? Plastic never becomes liquid. You have to press it into a mold. They sometimes use the oven and other times they use the panini press. But I never understood the reason for choosing one or the other. Maybe they even said so. But I don't speak English.

[@eugenetswong]

@@FlyToSardinia When the plastic becomes very hot, it becomes really soft, like thick liquid chocolate, and then flows down. I tried softening it, and then it flowed and became a mess. They use the press to make it flat at slightly lower temperatures.

[@magnusE7]

You hade a battery but used fossil gas to make the te!

[@BrothersMake]

Can't use a kettle on the battery sadly!

[@kareematjimoh9004]

Umm please what's the name of the device you used to melt it?

[@BrothersMake]

It’s a panini press!

[@kareematjimoh9004]

@@BrothersMake thanks

[@yurozeron2879]

min 12:07 looks like giant fossil

[@ericeinsmann5559]

@8:30 so.. You're having a "clamp bake"? Did those solar panels really generate enough energy to melt all the plastic? In any case, good job!

[@pmcmalec]

Its Energy bank, charge battery and invert to AC voltage

[@sunfactory8547]

WE can do it without using electricity ;)

[@hannahalexander7005]

Beach batters

[@JamieChapman-hd4mu]

Can you make stuff out of Styrofoam

[@inthesky8634]

Мир всем вам. Чо за материал черный неприлипаюший для плавления

[@myWiggy]

I would love one of those machines too bad they're 2700$

[@panykfelidae9018]

Hmm. A lot of labor and unusable stuff due to the need to sort... I wonder if, for larger objects, there's a temperature range you could use to melt most of the usual offenders and just tolerate the rest as impurities without burning them or creating harmful nonsense from overheating them? Not near a beach myself, but near a lot of fabricating equipment and some ideas for bulk melting using a heavy solar boiler setup, that theoretically would have enough heat energy to just keep pushing a ton of massed plastic to just about whatever temperature you could need... you guys happen to keep any records of the kinds of plastic you found on the beach?

[@BrothersMake]

We don’t recycle mixed plastics as it removes the potential for future recycling. The labour is worth it to us to keep the process circular

[@vaughanscott4580]

Wouldn't cleaning the plastic with salt water not be a great idea if melting it down?🤔

[@robertalder4675]

Now if only you rode your bikes there.

[@BrothersMake]

Don’t be that person to slander those that trying to do good.

[@thepeacewithin9919]

My name is Reynaldo Corbin and I'm 16 years old. I might be young but I have a vision. Part of my vision is to become as successful in forex trading but need capital to start. My mission is to gain knowledge to guide me and pave my path that I walk. I love your vids 🔥🔥🔥

[@thepeacewithin9919]

Thanks to you, I have an idea to start a business

[@Dave-D17]

Use solar power to melt plastic but then use gas to make a cuppa 🤣🤣

[@failfurby]

Use 14 words when 5 will do "Me troll, me am funny" - Dave

[@amethysttrotter1087]

Trueeeee

[@jwioo]

Great video terrible music

[@freaky_fred13]

i'm a new follower here i'm going back and watching all your old videos. I just want to say i love y'all's channel and random question is that the beach from broad church?