“We want to make small-scale plastic recycling accessible to everyone.” [Photo: Precious Plastic] One set of instructions explains how to build a low-cost machine that shreds plastic into ...

So he built a shredder, plus three different kinds of small-scale manufacturing machines: a rotational molding device, an extrusion machine, and an injection molding machine (The bulk of plastic ...

Recycle Plastic Bottles in This Machine, and It Will Dispense Food for Stray Dogs. 2 minute read. By Melissa Locker. July 23, 2014 1:21 PM EDT. I n Istanbul, Turkey, where an estimated 150,000 ...

Plastic bags can clog sorting machines, ... Construction materials such as cardboard, plastic bottles, tape and/or other craft supplies that you can use to build a recycling-sorting machine.

The machines that process ­plastic for recycling, on the other hand, are not ­available in your average workshop. So Hakkens decided to design those ­machines himself.

Our oceans alone have an estimated 150 million tons of plastic in them. We then nosh on 50,000 of these pieces of plastic a year, which have been discovered taking up residence in our livers ...

Here's a beginner's guide to recycling paper, plastic, glass, aluminum and more. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app U.S. Politics Sports ...

Plastic bags can gunk up recycling systems and cause machinery to malfunction, hurting the entire process. Instead, you need to bring your bags to a specific location — a recycling collection ...

Recycling agricultural bags could divert up to 45,000 tonnes of single-use soft plastics from landfill, burning or burying on-farm each year, making new products instead.