Mastering 3D Printing by Joan Horvath & Rich Cameron

Author:Joan Horvath & Rich Cameron
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781484258422
Publisher: Apress

Recycling Prints

People ask us all the time if you can recycle your 3D prints into filament. Many people are working on that. The challenge, though, if the filament diameter is off even a few hundredths of a millimeter, it can cause you problems. So, any local machine would need to produce very high-quality and high-volume extrusion of plastic.

Parts you make yourself are not currently appropriate to put into recycling streams, because the filament typically is not clearly labeled with an appropriate recycling number, nor are the resulting prints. PLA composts in commercial composting facilities (but will not break down at the temperatures of a typical home compost bin). Whereas bottles made from PET plastics are commonly recycled, PET filaments are different formulations and are not appropriate for the same recycling stream.

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