Take one of the world’s most accessible waste products, plastic, and turn it into a resource with a Precious Plastic V2.0 setup. Within just a few generations, plastic has already taken over the world, and while this material enabled a revolution in manufacturing and design, plastic has also managed to become one of the biggest menaces on the planet, thanks to its convenience and ease of production. And although commercial collection and recycling of plastics…
Open-source plastic recycling machine to convert waste into new products
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