Plant Pots made from Recycled Plastic

💚 A huge thank you to The Brotherhood: / brothersmake
♻️ Check out our recycled plastic store: www.brothersmake.com/shop
In this video we show you out process for how we make our 100% recycled plastic plant pots. Every product we make starts with a load of waste HDPE plastic. This plastic needs to be cleaned and de-labelled, before being cleaned. We then sort all the plastic by hand to make sure it's all the same type and into all the different colours. Then we can use our shredder ('Shreddy Krueger') to chomp all of this down into small flakes. These flakes are mixed into one of our custom colours and then fed into our injection moulding machine. They are heated up and injected into a custom made mould. Once cool you have yourself a beautiful recycled plastic plant pot! Literally turning TRASH into TREASURE.
We make lots of different items that we sell on our website and Etsy store (links below). If you like what we do and the products we make, we'd love you to place an order. We ship worldwide, with free postage anywhere in the UK. Every product you buy enables us to keep saving waste plastic for a bit longer, which technically means you're saving the world! You superheroes!
All of the machines and moulds you see us using in this video we bought from Plastic Preneur. If you want to take your recycling to the next level, we can't recommend these machines enough. Not only are the machines incredibly well built, the customer support is second-to-none! Check out what they're all about at www.plasticpreneur.com/
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FAQ:
➡️ We sell 100% plastic products on our website! www.brothersmake.com/shop
➡️ We don't buy any of our plastic. It all comes from collection and donations. We have a video all about it: bit.ly/2RsbhKA
➡️ Our workshop is powered 100% by renewable energy. We don’t use any energy from fossil fuels whatsoever.
➡️ The gloves we use are called 'Silicone Oven Mitts' amzn.to/2ZxwUh9
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Music by Epidemic Sound

[@BrothersMake]

What do you think about this different video style? If you enjoyed this and want to see us make videos for our other products, be sure to let us know! And if you want to support what we do in stopping plastic waste becoming plastic pollution then check out our *online store:* _www.brothersmake.com/shop_ 🤙🏽♻️🪴

[@rasmis]

I'd like to see the making of the mold.

[@amandasnider2644]

Friendly reminder that I'd love to see if you guys could experiment with trying to make patterns. For example; techniques similar to making polymer clay canes and/or segmented wood canes such as those used for woodturning pens. I'm a jeweller and I've been experimenting with making HDPE jewellery but I've been struggling to make patterns, especially perfectly straight stripes. Stripes always end up warping on me. It'd be super cool to see if you could make Stripes, checkerboard, polka dots and more etc. It'd also be really cool if you can make aluminium molds for injection but also for pressing (for those who can't afford the extra equipment). Thanks, Keep it up!

[@christophercombs5977]

Is it possible to color hdpe when it is in the gelatin state?

[@rejectedautobiography]

The use of a washing machine for cleaning! Great stuff.

[@rejectedautobiography]

I've thought about this too... I've considered using a cheese or nutmeg grater to make a fine dust to add to white hdpe. I'll be testing this soon.

[@sustainablyyours61]

You both have inspired me to recycle as you both do and I have come up with some new jewelry designs of my own. Thank you. Every video gets my brain ticking over for different ideas on how I can recycle and re-use.

[@Giorggio_gariecologico]

I need this equipment, I need to do it here in Brazil ♻️

[@BrothersMake]

Speak to the guys at Plasticpreneur, they're super helpful and will be able to help you out for sure 👌🏼

[@miguelmarques6959]

*we need to do it in brazil 🇧🇷

[@viralgamingboy5551]

@@miguelmarques6959 buy any automatic injection moulding machine ,

[@RobsonWilliam82]

A máquina em si não é complicada, é basicamente uma grande pistola de cola quente. Eu vi um fabricante oferecendo uma máquina parecida com essa numa feira de empreendedores em São Paulo. De tudo, os detalhes mais importantes são: tentar manter um processo de higienização da matéria prima sem consumo elevado de água, fragmentação no tamanho adequado para uma boa fusão e moldes bem usinados.

[@herogpi1]

Só lembrando pra não fazer potes que vão ficar em contato com comida/bebida. Preserve sua saude!

[@TarotLadyLissa]

I just got my pot today! It's so beautiful! My Aloe will love her new home!

[@TealCheetah]

The evolution of your shop and techniques has been fantastic :)

[@BrothersMake]

Thank you! It's exciting when we test out new machines and techniques :)

[@liri2758]

Super great to see all the steps gathered up together in one video :) These pots are great!

[@BrothersMake]

Thanks so much Liri, glad you enjoyed it 💚

[@jamesyarker2862]

Worth the wait lads. I ain’t kidding fellas but I’m truly inspired.... since the first of your videos I saw with you turning pens made out of HDPE I’ve been hooked. My wife noticed me savings all these sorts of plastic and I can’t wait to create something unique for her. Thanks for sharing this with us too

[@BrothersMake]

Thank you so much James. This is awesome to hear! Thanks for following along our journey 🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@user-gz7jf9om4q]

Thanks for sharing.This will be a great video for me to show my classroom as we are studying about recycling and reusing.

[@susiwakeman4271]

Oh my word I absolutely love them!! X I had no idea this was possible x I've been saving lids for a couple of months now but I'm sure that equipment cost a pretty packet!! X many thanks xx

[@BrothersMake]

That's great! Check out our latest video which shows you how to make recycled products on budget 😀

[@isaac7149]

What I'd love to see is some videos where you try different techniques to get different patterns/textures in the plastic. Long strips vs fine granules vs mix. Marbled vs confetti style vs mono color. Different color schemes. etc. I really enjoyed the explainer you guys posted recently, would love to see more instructional content!

[@BrothersMake]

That’s an interesting idea! We have a mould that *should* make producing pens a possibility soon. We can do some experimenting for that for sure :)

[@eugenetswong]

I like the format, but I'd like a video or 2 about how to soften/shape them using different methods.

[@jamesfranklyn8547]

Amazing, really enjoyable to watch and very inspiring. Thank you xx

[@TWFDeadzoneII]

I'm liking the upgrades in equipment!

[@BrothersMake]

Thank you!!

[@francisgomes5279]

Truly appreciate your efforts and content wish a bigger chunk of us " lay" people could do something like this.

[@BrothersMake]

Thank you! We hope more people get involved too!

[@sophiehardiman6247]

Love the pots, they turned out great! ✨

[@BrothersMake]

Thank you 😊

[@Ravsa_beda_mokala]

@@BrothersMake how can I contact you

[@johnrichards3235]

Love this idea. Beautiful.

[@lidialivia5939]

Какая прелесть.А я вчера смотрела на крышки от бутылок , которые собирала и думала , что я дурочка - собрала кучу и никогда их не переделаю . Спасибо вам . У меня много крышек . Я мечтала кое - что сделать

[@TechPropane]

I want to start it in India the pollution is pathetic

[@BrothersMake]

Do it!

[@piromaanz.]

Get a friend or a few to do it with, that'll be amazing

[@christianinniss7157]

​I want start this to where can get the machines you used?​@@BrothersMake

[@baudouinsuni259]

Verry gid

[@baudouinsuni259]

How fonctionne pour four électrique

[@jurassicrage751]

It's really beautiful with such a great imagination.👍 I really need to up my game so that I will be able to do these things. I have metal from leftovers of laminate-floors and thought "if only I could recycle it at home", it would be cool to do so. Sadly enough don't have enough space with more machinery as it is an apartment, so I have to throw it out to the recycle-center instead.😢

[@aboubacarkone7455]

Vous faites du bon boulot et les produits sont tellement bons à voir. Merci 👍🏿 👍🏿 👍🏿

[@gidgemo1869]

Absolutely amazing! Just found you and immediately followed. So glad you do what you do!

[@julietak9165]

love this product. Great idea. Just wondering ...how you ensure that the small plastic chips created from shredding the bottle tops do not end up in water ways. They are so small, there is a potential for some to end up on the floor or down drains and ultimately in the waterways.

[@veganearth5497]

This is amazing 🙌

[@BrothersMake]

Thanks 😁😁

[@rdfjfgjyfdhfghy67456]

One of the most soothing channels ever

[@BrothersMake]

☺️☺️ thanks

[@SandraCat22]

3:41 the item on the right would make a cool plastic drinking cup. I’d totally use that as a cup to drink from plus the colours are right up my alley too 😊😊😊

[@cosmicrdt]

There must be a popular product where you live that uses green lids because it seems like everything you make is green 🌿

[@BrothersMake]

Semi skimmed milk is the UK milk of choice!

[@moistenvelopes]

Oh milk, I was gonna say orange juice

[@sk8mysterion]

Nice one guys, keep it going✌️. Also, very nicely edited and the music is so chill, perfect 😎

[@BrothersMake]

Thanks! Really glad you liked it :)

[@silvanaraujo4418]

Muito bom esse trabalho. Inovador.

[@wendysea1693]

Beautiful!! Super intelligence....... Thank you for creating a way to turn garbage into lovely things.

[@ANNtique]

Amazing. I wish I could do this at home without so much equipment

[@BrothersMake]

Thanks Ann, in an upcoming video we're going to be showing three different projects people can make at home with very little equipment.

[@ANNtique]

@@BrothersMake amazing. Hurry! Lol

Hello my friend. Always great work and ideas. enjoy and recycle ... Congratulations. See you. Big greetings.

[@BrothersMake]

Thank you for watching!!

@@BrothersMake see you

[@fabiov.9515]

You guys just rock!!! YES!! You know what else? You would find an arduino based sorter really handy

[@kayteembo]

Your videos are great, I’m big on upcycle plastic and make flowers from plastic bottles, but I normal have plastic lids and bits left over and hate binning it, as I know it’s bad from the environment and now I have a way of upcycle all of it. Thank you

[@macmac2584]

Beautiful 👍 I'm interested in doing a similar thing as this. Searching for a proper workshop now. Absolutely no reason polyethylene should ever end up in a dump or the ocean.

[@BrothersMake]

Ah that awesome! Couldn't agree more 👌🏽

[@plasticman3952]

How fast can you make 1000 plant pots with your equipment? With a fully automatic injection molding machine, each pot will take 10 to 12 seconds.

[@capunkmelky]

Thank you for information. Greetings from Kefamenanu-Timor Island.

[@hiyou4522]

Now that is great great job

[@khervinpoints9051]

Now i'm inspired to create these esp here in philippines. Please make a new vid on how to diy your equiptments so I can help people here in manila. Thank you!

[@BrothersMake]

We have lots of DIY methods in some of our other videos. The new equipment we have opens up more possibilities and is the reason we can make more complex items. We hope the videos help you get started!

[@khervinpoints9051]

@@BrothersMake this must be the solution for our increasing plastic wastes. May I ask how to proceed and ask fore infos pls. Thank you thank you in advance.

[@BrothersMake]

Check out Plastic Preneur, who make all our machines and moulds

[@ursulavaneck5737]

Check out precious plastics website - they have open source instructions for all the equipment methods and more

[@roselicedosanjos1004]

Magníficos parabéns!

[@Rouverius]

Wow, you two have really upped your manufacturing game! Really cool! Hey, Happy Easter to you.

[@BrothersMake]

Thanks bud! Happy Easter to you too 😊

[@denuncimesmo2568]

great idea, honestly I would like to know what is the average energy expenditure to chop the plastic and to melt and shape? and how much co2 is created in the process, in no way am I being sarcastic, it really is something that I'm interested in. because I think the project can be applied to make tiles, replacing those made of zinc or clay tiles. how long to cool the container? great video congratulations

[@BrothersMake]

Thanks. Our workshop and house are powered by energy generated 100% from renewables, so zero CO2 produced. And there is no cooling time. Aluminium is a heat sink and the pot is cool as soon as the mould is opened 🤙🏽

[@moth.monster]

It's crazy what's completely possible but isn't done often because it just isn't that profitable.

[@kripto999]

In fact it's not profitable at all

[@plasticpreneur5119]

It is - we have partners in 55 countries on 6 continents who use our equipment to generate income for their team. You just have to find products that sell in the local market :)

[@computerlover9290]

why do you think it's not profitable? can't they sell these plant pots?

[@moth.monster]

@@computerlover9290 you can't sell it for cheap enough to compete with fresh plastic

[@saptarshisen007]

@@plasticpreneur5119 how can we collaborate?

[@vikramkumarnayakaspirant1949]

Oooo mg looking lovely .fall in love with it

[@robburdine5429]

I am incredibly impressed at what you guys are doing. What a gift those students have in you gentlemen. What I would love to see is you taking the recyclables to another level if you already have not and build a small scale play house for a small child. Say a 5-8 year old with beams formed with small steal heavy gauged wire for structural support (maybe a ladder configuration of steal wire embedded in the plastic beam for rigidity) that might allow for a two story play house. Joists, trusses and framing for all parts of the inner walls floor and roof. Use recycled styrofoam for insulation and plastic terra cotta roof tiles. Basically built a simple small scale home or playhouse to prove the concept of a home totally made from recyclables. Except instead of using some hippie concept with walls made from tires and dirt or mortar and glass bottles to let light in like some nomad in the New Mexico Desert. Make the recyclables like a normal conceptualized home we would see like a Cape Cod style with all formed plastic beams siding or even logs.(Like the guy in California who makes authentic looking wood logs out of plastic recycled milk jugs.) Then if you want to get more attention use it to prove the concept structurally to engineers or auction it off to the highest bidder to get something for it. The point is to make it the first fully recycled Play Doll House scaled for a small child functional that looks real. If you could prove that can be done, a company could scale up to move this toward a viable home building process of building a move in structurally sound live in home. Think of what you could teach your kids. You would get venture capital pouring in and people saying why the hell are we throwing this all away? You are making beautiful planter pots. Why not prove homes could be made from garbage and start the real engine for people to create build and motivate others to think about their garbage another way. Elon musk does not have to be the innovator of everything. I conceptualized solar shingles 35 years ago with a paper in college. My professor said 'B-'. Great idea it will never work. You cannot manufacture a solar cell cheap enough. And yet here we are. What if people started seeing garbage as a real way to help the lost souls without purpose, the impoverished without shelter or the the unemployed. The only sticking point is getting the manufacturing down to a process of efficiency. That is it. You move the facilities to the garbage. I have seen portable equipment in cargo containers that could be moved onsite. This may be a long shot and a pipe dream but the more I see guys doing things like you are doing with bottle tops the more I think it can be done. You are probably wondering about labor. I have that figured out. I have seen what you can do with a single beam. Benches and planter pots are great and useful but what if garbage could truly change the world. What if there was no garbage only recyclables. What if everything could be converted to something of use and value? I believe it can and I think you do to. If you ever want to contact me I would be happy to talk to you live. I too am a teacher with a different medium and audience. external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOVP.drtqs74xqUHGURVQ2su77AHgFo%26pid%3DApi&f=1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZy6ooVnf6lka5o kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH-qpqiJgKpkprs if you would like to talk further please let me know.

[@DaveGDesigns]

Nice video boys I like the process but if I’m honest I missed the humour and your special little faces 😝

[@BrothersMake]

Thanks fella. Haha that's understandable, we thought we'd throw in a little peak of them at the end for ya, but we'll be back in full force for the next video!

[@harjith.d.bubber]

@@BrothersMake Will wait for that :))

[@LTWCarpentry]

Great video as always guys ! Question where did you get the map of middle earth wallpaper from ? I need that in my life !

[@BrothersMake]

Thank you! It’s not wallpaper I’m afraid! That’s 60 hours of hand painting goodness right there!

[@LTWCarpentry]

@@BrothersMake so when are you coming over to paint mine 😂😂 well the fact that I thought it was wallpaper only means you did a great job !

[@BrothersMake]

Haha NEVER AGAIN 😅

[@omniicore]

amazing work! keep scaling!

[@lilyforeva]

Fell in love 😍

[@DocRawS]

These look amazing! Did you guys design the mould? I’m hoping to have access to a shredder and extruder from Summer so would love to explore similar projects. ✌️ Edit: Whoops just read the description, will look at what Plasticpreneur have!

[@BrothersMake]

Thanks Ross - that's awesome, yeah be sure to check them out, they're super helpful should you have any questions too! If you get them be sure to send us some pics of what you make 🤙🏼

[@george.tifossi]

Muy bien! Para hacer una maceta de 2 dólares se gastaron 4 dolares reciclando 👍👏

[@creacionesdigitales1817]

La maceta de 2 dolares no tiene que existir mas porque estas destruyendo el planeta master

[@george.tifossi]

@@creacionesdigitales1817 Fue un comentario irónico el mio, si no se entendió es problema del que no entendió... Obvio que hay que dejar de usar plástico PAPÁ!

[@slothswithachanceofllamas9808]

Beautiful!!!!! And what a practical use for recycled plastics!!!! 💗💗💗💗💗

[@BrothersMake]

Thank you!

[@slothswithachanceofllamas9808]

Np!! 😉😉

[@andymanaus1077]

I visited your website and I'm so very glad you mentioned companies and individuals who are merely "greenwashing" to create more profit/sales/support/social credibility. There is an awful lot of this going on, more than most people realise. The best and, in my opinion, only way that is *currently* effective in reducing our individual environmental degradation and destruction of our finite resources is reducing our personal consumption habits and abstaining from the modern, culturally-ingrained, throwaway mentality. You guys are doing it, and encouraging it in others, and that is why you got my subscription today.

[@BrothersMake]

Couldn't. Agree. More. Awesome comment to wake up to, thanks man. Glad to have you on board!

[@ManCrafting]

How many times can the plastic be recycled? Can the pots become a new product in 10 years for example?

[@BrothersMake]

Yeah absolutely, we brand all of our products with the HDPE mark so that it can be recycled again. There is a limit if you keep recycling the same 100g of plastic over and over as it will start to lose some of its working properties. Lots of companies will cut it with virgin plastic claiming it’s still recycled but we've found if we cut it with some of our shreddings then it works really well. 👍🏼

[@whitelion7976]

I want this machine for Swaziland. Price? You sell molds?

[@BrothersMake]

Plasticpreneur are based in Austria so that won't be a problem 😊 their link is in the description!

[@ohlacoquette]

Bravo 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 j’adore !

[@susanapolanco5266]

Felicitaciones por contribuir a reciclar este plástico que tanto contamina

[@balative]

Next video: recycled home from plastic🏠

[@BrothersMake]

Funny you should say that as we're going to making recyled bricks soon!

[@sjoh5646]

Can you make an infinity cube

[@BrothersMake]

Good idea, would be a tricky one but perhaps!

[@Zack-xz1ph]

I wish someone would make recycled 3d printer filament just like this, the mixture of colors is beautiful

[@paulaandreacalderonmarulan7419]

Excelente 👌 trabajo desde Colombia 👏 👍 💪 👌

[@sandraalegria3439]

I've been saving bottle caps , thank you.

[@blixten2928]

Very much fun to watch! Plastic bottle tops are not the greatest plastic polluters, though, as they are often recycled when collected at centres. It's the one-use plastic bags and soft packaging (like, candy-bars, chips bags, but also styrofoam) that are the great unrecyclables. I'd LOVE some ideas as to how to handle those!

[@BrothersMake]

A lot of councils don’t accept bottle tops, so they are really hit and miss. Yes, ideas for those would be helpful! We’ll work on it 🤙🏽

[@yunasmith4125]

Yay been looking forward to this !!

[@BrothersMake]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@FlyingFlowerFantasy]

커피찌꺼기로도 만들던데 플라스틱 뚜껑으로 하시다니 멋져브러

[@mariadelcarmencornejoperez9139]

me super encanto su creatividad y el deseo de hacer un mundo mejor los quiero chicos

[@mariamarquesdasilvamiranda416]

Uau que lindos parabens pela iniciativa que Deus te abençoe hoje amanhã e sempre um grande abraço

[@dreamytalesforbabies]

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[@AndyCPugh]

Awesome work guys!

[@BrothersMake]

Cheers Andy! 🙌🏼

[@petflakeswashing]

Beautiful

[@cythiachipili3150]

It would be a blessing to have these equipments and skill in Zambia! It would empower the widows and many who are subject to poverty.

[@normajean2855]

wow thats beautiful work..

[@Anne--Marie]

Great job!

[@infinityplastic]

Очень круто, наглядно! Так держать, коллеги)

[@anitasinha6057]

Wow so beautiful 😍

[@karavinabrainyarts8495]

Wonderful work

[@mayedhaadifirsta9841]

Wow this channel is amazing! Thanks for inspiring!

[@BrothersMake]

Thank you!!

[@danl6734]

LOVE IT.. everything about it.. keep doing it 😍

[@BrothersMake]

Thank you Dan!

[@evergreenfamily7407]

Wow it's beautifull pots❤️

[@aminashaikh2480]

Great work ❤❤❤👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@projectrebuild908]

Love the vid. Great product

[@BrothersMake]

Thank you!!

[@arnavmukherjee3832]

Wow fanstatic idea 💡👌👌👌

[@tuany720]

Shooooowwwwwww parabéns 👏👏

[@garcia678]

Gracias por el aporte y vídeo, excelente trabajo....

[@BrothersMake]

Thanks, Garcia!

[@chithraprakash8392]

Wonderful job.

[@BrothersMake]

Thank you!

[@sashshuma3510]

Очень эстетичная работа ! БраВО!

[@mohammedmusthafakamusthafa8257]

You are doing good work

[@nicola6917]

This is better than watching how things are made.i hereby dub you both plastic embassadors.helps us all be less wasteful.i would love to come help you for a day.looks like so much fun.u need a big factory.

[@BrothersMake]

Haha thanks Nicola! We're hoping to get a much bigger space one day 🤞

[@PC-so4lg]

And we can paint ot according to our interiors... Wah 👌

[@JolienBrebels]

Lovely video!

[@BrothersMake]

Thank you, Jolien! 🙌🏼

[@Wing77777]

Nice work!

[@amandasnider2644]

So awesome!

[@BrothersMake]

Thanks Amanda!

[@De-tw7by]

Save the environment...great job

[@garagemonkeysan]

Great video. Mahalo for saving the planet!🙂🐒

[@BrothersMake]

Thanks so much! 🐒

[@user-wk9ym5js3l]

Excellent 🌷

[@gustavoschultz5956]

Top demais!!

[@toniawise711]

OMG...I was working out some ideas for the problem of non-recyclable plastics, and I also came up with plant pots...my other ideas are, rocks with inspirational quotes, giant funny caterpillars, sea turtles, boat shaped planters for air plants...I became interested in a home version of a low heat melt solution... Luv u 2

[@BrothersMake]

Sounds like you've got a load of ideas! Good luck with it all 🤙🏼

[@c-kshorts7763]

Totally amazing

[@BrothersMake]

Thank you!

[@gessicaolivera983]

Nossa, adorei!

[@OliverSinton]

it should become an accessible process for everyone to take part in, would cut out so much waste

[@nandanaganna4163]

Super idea

[@shikharsart5496]

Very usefull and reacyclable and ecofriendly