Precious Plastic - The Story Behind

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[@aibonewt]

What happened to Version 3?

[@OneArmyVideos]

Version 3: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lavTeKGKnaaAbpI

[@OneArmyVideos]

Version 4: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpnLeaKGf5uMZ5Y

[@Joe-bu6uz]

I think the biggest challenge is finding a way to repurpose plastic into something that people want. I mean, those lamp shades, garbage bins and picture frames are nice and all, but how many can you make before you don't need anymore? Also, a lot of the plastic I have tends to be clear, making for unintersting designs.

[@OneArmyVideos]

meet version 3. next.preciousplastic.com/

[@artbyrobot1]

you could sell the pellets to companies on ebay I bet

[@lamayulu]

Dave I'm following you for a long time, early in 2016. I have been saving money to make the machines and now I have it😀 i will be sharing my progress soon. Lebanon 🇱🇧 will be in your map I'm an Argentina living here and I will try to contribute in precious plastic if you need some help with Arab translation maybe I can help finding someone I'm not good in Arabic yet and English also 🙃 you are an inspiration my friend.

[@ELECTRONOOBS]

Found your channel today and I've already watched almos all the videos. YOur channel is great and what you do is amazing and the best thing for the environmetnt. I've got my workshop as well, both maker and electronics, but is quite small for this big machines. I hope that in the future I'll be abte to recycle plastic as well and use is tiwth my 3D printers. Very nice job!

[@sagar73594]

When I find that you are supporting precious plastic as a patron, I was really amazed. 😲. I'm a fan of you.

[@KevinRMoore]

I love all these videos. I just discovered you tonight but I have been playing around with HDPE off and on for a few years. recently I was inspired to start laminating other scrap materials that often get tossed in the trash, cotton and canvas. But I think I've really got something here when I decided to laminate Window Screen mesh. I used A common cloths iron and parchment paper and I got a strong flexible material that looks like carbon fiber and when I stack the sheets and keep laminating them together it just keeps getting stronger. Keep up the awesome work here and I wish you all the best in solving this plastic problem! Peace

[@hansdegroot8549]

I discovered your website and KZbin Channel only in the summer of 2019. Slowly I'm going through you older videos. More and more I realize that you have done a great job in pioneers work. It's amazing what you and your followers (because YOU put everything on the internet as an open source) have reached until now. And I'm sure it's getting bigger and bigger and spread out more and more over the world. Thanks for making this videos and share your vision. Our children and grandchildren are and will be very happy with people like you.

[@ideoholics]

Dave, you are an inspiration. I have a creative plan at hand, but was struggling with lots of questions, when just recently I found you. You have literally given solutions to all my problems. This is a great service you are doing by imparting free knowledge and resources to the people around the world. I am soon going to start action on my plan with your help. Lots of love and regards from India :)

[@aksolulu7194]

You are doing good job Mr Dave Hakken

[@VampireHunterD13]

Hi friend, in Talca Chile, with a group of work colleagues saw your project and we liked the idea a lot, we only have one problem, we have not found a place to build the first Shredding machine and this is limiting us for now but the desire To contribute to the cause are, a greeting and very good initiative

[@warriorextermworkout]

love everything about you and your work! you will soon have machines built on the upper East coast of the united States. for my shop thank you so very much for your kindness in sharing all of your hard work and knowledge.

[@k_froggy]

You should design a cutter for the extruder like they use for making pasta that way you can make little 1cm chips and use them in molds more easily.

[@lmespinasse7764]

k_froggy yes I also think my first step will be to produce pure, sorted out, pellets that I can use later for my different projects

[@donnylee1684]

Thank you for the design. We built these machines to start our campaign here in Java island of Indonesia. Soon, Hopefully we can spread the awareness of plastic garbage and educate people in Indonesia. Salam...

[@Ramonerdna]

I'm in Jamaica. We have a waste problem here too...I hope to join this movement as soon as I have the time and funds in a year

[@KyleNB]

You guys are amazing. I've always been interested in fabrication using recycled plastics and thanks to you and your teams hard work, artists around the world have better access to an under utilized and abundant material. Thank you.

[@ZacharyArrow]

I'm the most excited for the Starter Kits that you will develop! This will make the whole concept easier for younger people or those without the right resources to build machines.

[@designpaulf]

This is really cool! I will be watching more. I haven't really worked with these types of plastics although I have worked with Bakelite (phenolic resin thermoset plastic) in making and repairing vintage jewelry. Bakelite was the first synthetic plastic invented by Leo Baekeland in 1907. It's a fascinating study, as well as what you are doing here. I applaude you!

[@BD-hy8bl]

Perfectly done guys. Keep up the great work.

[@queenethiopia1417]

I don't know what to say. I am so happy to finally reach here. long life.

[@notsoren665]

I still want a really long video of you just shredding plastic in that thing.

[@stuartheaver5193]

Inspirational. Thank you. Hong Kong needs you.

[@cyrustakem7993]

cool, I'd like to make one, but I want to make it on a smaller scale, like a mini desk extruder. whenever i have time i will try it. thanks for the great videos

[@samatteb1]

We need to translate the videos into Arabic Russian and Spanish - it will give access to about 50 different countries !

[@ankeuttajaespanjassa]

Spanish are not eager to read so you would need to dub all. Greetings from Malaga!

[@Naiemaa]

Samat Teberdi I can do Arabic for you, I'm serious and professional, obviously I'm volunteering :-)

[@Naiemaa]

Samat Teberdi Arabic people are not eager to read either (actual statistics) However as a second stage I can do voice over in Arabic (and why not in the other languages too?) Obviously this will take more time than just translating...

[@OlivierLopezCh]

I'm sure just a portion of Spanish speakers might not want to read, I don't know 1 single Spanish speaker who has ever complained about having to read subtitles

[@ankeuttajaespanjassa]

unfortunately I know lots of Spanish speakers who do not want to watch any programs that are in English with Spanish subtitles. That's why i'm the one who watches with others all the programs in Spanish with English​ subs

[@-ahvilable-6654]

This is a giant piece of work you have done

[@emseeaich]

again, just in awe of all your passion and hard work. thank you for sharing yourself with us. side note: currently starting this project in houston, texas. anyone interested in joining?! looking forward to meeting you :)

[@akshayshukla4358]

I am also making tiles from waste plastic as my project... Great initiative... Highly inspired.... Trying to make machines for our product...

[@monusejwal9923]

Can I have your number where you from in india

[@trentw26]

Just smashed the hell out of that like button. Keep up the great work!

[@Jdpatel2123]

Great work Sir I appreciate it, I like and all your videos and from inspiring I am very near to start my own PP sheet casting production.

[@TheEwashere]

I love what you do and that you share it with the world. It's very inspiring.

[@RangerOfTheOrder]

"we called him Taco" Nothing like a little friendly stereotyping to liven up the workplace! :D

[@AnthonyAffrim]

wow! through the video, i realized that you came to my country Ghana. hope you had a pleasant stay. the plastic waste in country is too much that is why i wanna get involved

[@alistaircross9921]

You should see if you can use recycled plastic to make fishing nets?

[@KyleCPM]

Deep fryer or pot of oil, then insert a floating bowl/jar, Melt the plastic in the bowl /jar. Perfect temperature. (Do Not Consume Oil after used for this!) Oils that fail to remain isolated require proper treatment Before reuse||recycling||repurposing. Do Not Dispose of in trash!. Needed Research may include #OilRepurposing, #OilRecycling. #MaterialDataSheets can be useful for those who can navigate them.

[@Kyoooooog]

Keep up the good work! i hope Indonesia will have machine like that soon

[@terremotoret]

very soon in Philippines Dave will send you pics

[@ARCopros]

Man you're genious ! Thank you to share this !

[@blackorn]

not engineer yet (I'm a student right now) but would love to work on your project ! cheers from france

[@sweecheng100]

Impressive! Love the work your team is doing!

[@andreicharpentierquesada4530]

In Codta Rica we r a group of people that we r going to join to the cause

[@amustho]

Thanks for the tutorials.. Really appreciate them

[@HairXX]

You should really try to look into making the plastic into 3D printer filament. Something like the filastruder or other OS projects exist, and could multiply the uses of the plastic.

[@danvandertorre9280]

I think what your doing is grate I know a guy here with a recycling plant I can build all the stuff you have on your show but the electric stuff I am no good with it so il see if I can get some help with this form some one .thank you for doing what your doing .

[@danielfarrera2396]

Hi, Dave, my name is Daniel Farrera. I´m an Industrial designer and also a professor from Monterrey México, your work has been a great source of inspiration, and I believe in your project. This week I´ll be posting your info in my favorite youtube channels so perhaps those channels can give you enough diffusion among the maker community or perhaps a collab with them. Also if theres no issues may I contact you in some other platform :) keep up the nice work. PD. already saw the next.preciousplastic and I´ll try to help as much as I can from here .

[@arelenoc3070]

Daniel Farrera where do you teach?

[@arelenoc3070]

Daniel Farrera im also in mty

[@danielfarrera2396]

Arel Enoc ITESM CEGS :)

[@EvexavierLira61]

Temos esse projeto de reaproveitamento do plástico em Recife PE.

[@Gifariya]

Thank you visit my country Indonesia

[@bharathkumar-ek5pc]

Thanks from India

[@litllebleueyedangel]

Shared it on fb good luck guys!

[@selvakumarant3076]

Good come back we waiting for you

[@CherilifysVlog]

We badly need that in Philippines.

[@jerryschronicles9140]

I am a Nomad from Canada some classify me as homeless But I consider myself at home. how many people wake up to a wild pet duck nipping at your feet to say hello. I want to set up a studio that makes mobile pods that can be towed by a bicycle. I have a friend that is the director of Canadian Aboriginal Business Affairs. They have Grants for projects Like this. I want to hit a few Birds with one stone. theres guys that spend all day walking for beer bottles add plastic to the mix. more jobs. I have a few models that im currently developing for the pods. I am also in development of an ebike that charges off grid. But I want it so you can take it to the water. I also want to make a symphony of 3d printers to print off things like full dining room tables or a 6 m boat or a car door. really big items.

[@JohnDoe-gm5qr]

Do you 3D print too or just mold and shape your plastic? You seem to have machines that could make filament. Plastic recycling shops would be nice just so I don't have to throw it away. I hope it makes the value of the plastic go up somewhat. I typically only recycle aluminum and copper but it small batches because it has to fit in the trunk of my car. I don't want a truck, they are hard to see the back end of, often gas guzzlers, and sometimes do not handle well enough.

[@MyMorsh]

every humble young man dave :) many many Greetings from me :)

[@TJ-ed8xg]

Congratulation !!!!

[@travisbroadnax]

A crucial missing piece is a finance/economics expert... we are the true catalysts

[@marthaatienza]

Thank you for this!!!!

[@brianmorton4989]

This needs scaling up a bit. Why not units to turn out larger pre fabricated sections for emergency housing for those countries hit by natural disasters. Plastic housing would be relatively quick and easy for indiginous labour to erect, safe against earthquakes and with the raw material so widespread and available the costs would be relatively low. Something solid would be better than the tents used at present. It would need a bit of capital to get off the ground maybe from one of the international disaster agencies.

[@tomkelly8827]

Paving roads and making lego blocks to make houses are really good and related projects. I would really love to melt down my household plastics to just make some big patio stones. I don't want to have to shred or extrude at all. Is that posible?

[@Sme3ti2]

I want to build one so bad

[@jirgen6247]

actually i some time back thinking about doing something like this because in front of my house we have plastic container and everytime is full and i want just do something with it and like said one of my colegue i dont have a big enough workshop ... and its risky for me go thru byrocratics and do all by myself as a little company cuz i have some bills to pay ... :/

[@thedragonfarm]

I would love to do this but I do not have a shop full of tools to build this like you and I don't have a lot of money to pay someone to build it for me I am an artist and very handy kind of guy fix or build most anything it just the cost factor

[@riberYexe]

Gran trabajo amigo saludos desde colombia.

[@Livefreeman]

it would be nice to find a way to use it on 3d printers. maybe make a different type of 3d printers beause the current 3d printers don't encourage in recycling rather they increase plastic waste. I was thinking of making 3d cnc machine that could engrave plastic blocks which u make from recycling plastic. you could make different shapes and designs with cnc engraver. the only problem is that I am not very technical, and I am hoping someone could design the machine and share the blueprint. it would be nice to make smaller version of shredding machines so that regular households can buy them, and would be able to recycle. no one is going to buy or build a big machine unless they have a work shop but if you want to get everyone involved, then you must design smaller size machines (no more than the size of a juice blender). once you could sell small shredding machines, you could also design and sell mould to make blocks which you could use on a small cnc engraver machine (we need to make a small size that could be used in any household).

[@TechBuild]

They made an extrusion machine which can be made to produce 3d printing filaments from recycled plastic.

[@camls167]

Hello! I am from Cambodia. I interested in your project about Plasic Recycle. Because in my contry have alot the plastic eveywhere. How can I do?

[@willyvillalba8730]

Hola soy de Willy de Argentina, los felicito!!!

[@pauld9530]

Great work 👍

[@marianbuduroi6463]

I want to help recycle plastic, to open my own business, but these machines are not so easy to buy or buy/find materials to build them

[@chrisharris5535]

Whist myself and my friend are constructing these, I've noticed you don't have a small electric furnace for recycling things like brass and aluminium. Personally I've copied TAOW's (youtuber) design and think something similar would an awesome addition to your recycling collection. (PS. All my stuff is recycled too!)

[@Joniclem]

You should make recycled plastic strings for 3D printers! If that's possible, of course.

[@jozafax]

Respect, you're great!

[@rickmartens]

I'm trying to to build the machines, but I don't have a lot of experience build such machines. It would be good if you had more detailed build videos or a playlist of other youtube videos that covers the skills needed. (You mentioned you watched other youtubers to learn some of your machining skills)

[@damaskosc]

I still don't understand what is your source of revenue. - Are you government funded, or do you sell your products off as units or commodities? - What is your profit margin? - What is your break even point? - Do you have jobs outside this, or are you fully employed in this endeavor?

[@macitsolutions3771]

Hello Pp i watch all your vedios if you can tell me will these moulding machine work for rubber moulding Plz give it a reply

[@markopol96]

2:12 finally I know how to explain what is mechatronics

[@mhamedroiad9481]

I hope that you will visit Algeria

[@HarshitD8779]

i want learn more about separate plastic

[@monusejwal9923]

I think you are right but here no options for this decision in india I hope in future may be I am also doing such kind decision for our environment...

[@avinashrananaware3464]

Now focus on after shredding process.big marketing not effective because small users like nearly household are big in numbers,they have independent purposes so need in different the way make.when I search about plastic recycling very difficult point is market of products.you make machines for small products is good.now make different products needs can be new for users.

[@emadshk]

the what internet is about !!!! very inspiring

[@fabiocamacho501]

wow me encanta esta gran idea seria bueno que le pusieras subtítulos en español

[@tracysault6538]

What about fumes?

Can you film everything you can make from recycled plastic in one video? And what would be the new worth of that thing. It would be great to see profit margins and earning estemates. I think when people will see that this is profitable business they will jump on board

[@minko2533]

Great video!!!

[@Jayrs13]

How do you guys make a water filter out of plastic???

[@pgarrita]

so cool!!

[@andresjimenez6917]

Your Channel is awesome.

[@justanpayne8748]

I would love some help. I'm in the USA and unemployed. I would love to do this and help from you from home.

[@akbernohakhanakber5145]

Sir do you visited hampi and gangavati in india

[@dejayrezme8617]

I think creating some kind of insulated brick for building homes would be great. Maybe we could figure out how to recycle polystyrene and use CO2 as a blowing agent to produce large foam filled bricks. Or build a larger scale 3D printer design that can print "SIPs" out of recycled plastic. Print plastic shells, then put PU spray foam into them. With a good CAD design program you could split a house into many little puzzle pieces that get 3D printed, filled with insulation foam and then glued together.

[@badrakhariunchimeg1031]

how to make 2 meter toll fence with recycled plastic

[@koyuki4848]

I wish it was more IKEA like I wanted to build one but feels quite daunting.

[@MrMaxGyver]

Wow, 311 Million tons of plastic - that is roughly 40kg per person every year! I could hardly cary that amount of weight.

[@revoluciondeportiva535]

it is ok to mix plastic bags with plastic botle?

[@СергейГоловенко-ж2э]

Респект и уважение.

[@kommtinteamgeld2697]

Why cant I donate less than 10€? I wanted to donate 4€, but it didnt work :(

[@alexisleguizamon3764]

Hi PreciousPlatic, I am Justo from Paraguay. i was wondering where i can get them pipe heater. I look them up on e bay , but found none. Abyje ndeve

[@OjoRojo40]

What is the specific license (from a legal point of view) in use for this machines? Is it something like the GNU-Linux license? Thanks. Amazing project by the way.

[@Sumuchat]

we wants to start it In Nepal.How do We get machines Here ?can we built it by ourselves?

[@lmespinasse7764]

sum it go here: preciousplastic.com/en/ Start button in the top menu ;-)

[@alexgiertych5101]

Where can I buy a machine?

[@xl0xl0xl0]

I'm surprised no one lost their hands in the shredder yet, looks super dangerous. Or did they?

[@Naiemaa]

Alexey Zaytsev yes there is a risk but you don't need to get your hands near the blades at all you just drop the plastic... If anyone need to make it safer they only need to add a simple cover on the top of the funnel and a simple one underneath to avoid accidental contact with the blades.

[@jhsevs]

Naiemaa I made one shredder of this type, I put a polycarbonate cover on it and fit it with a industrial safety switch, connected to a emergency stop relay and a hybrid motor starter.

[@Naiemaa]

impressive, way to go... for everyone who is concerted about safety, you can make it as safe as you want...

[@gazooc]

Just connect extruder of this machine to 3d printer =D

[@jhsevs]

Tirarex I am actually working on doing this, i could upload some videos about it if anyone's interested :)

[@gazooc]

ok, wait video from you ! (subscribed)

[@KyleCPM]

Make Glue Sticks, and use your Handheld Hot Glue Extruder to make Hand Made 3D Projects. Of coarse 2d on a flat surface works too.

[@QuebecoisSti]

3D printer needs accurate diameter filament unless it's gonna be shitty prints

[@artbyrobot1]

you can use a 3d pen to hand print objects with your homemade fillament

[@eth6706]

4:53 What website building software is that?

[@AgustinRodriguezz]

I have the same question.

[@AlanWagoner]

Me three! EDIT: Found it. It looks like Webflow.