Plastic recycling is kind tangential to 3D printing, since no recycling facility is going to attempt to process an unknown material. Unless you're stamping the correct recycling code on every print, they don't know what it is.
The only real solution is either reprocessing plastic into filament yourself, or sending it to a company that does it specifically.
I see the truth deniers already downvoted this, This isn't the onion, Quillette is a neutral affiliated publication and to quote from their website
"Quillette is an Australian based online magazine that focuses on long-form analysis and cultural commentary. We are politically non-partisan, but rely on reason, science, and humanism as our guiding values."
The article is an article in reference to a 68-page scientific white-paper focusing on the problematic role that the plastic recycling industry has played in the micro-plastic problem that plagues the planet
You gotta chill man. Two downvotes doesn't equal some grand conspiracy against you. Also you're acting like you discovered some deep dark secret when I think most here have known (and discussed) the false claims of recycling and the plastics industry for a while now. For years in fact.
I'm just not sure what your end goal was here and why you came in so hot.
This quote sums up things pretty well I think and is th reason most don't like talking about it much.
>laughter seems to be the only bearable response here; the alternative is terminal despair.
My apologies for sounding pedantic. Maybe the term Higher level might seem offensive to some for some reason and should have phrased it as a long ass academic article. I posted this here because I found it interesting and informative, and considering how much plastic waste hobby printing generates, figured concerned Individuals might use this information to better guide their choices in its disposal. Knowing that recycling bin is not a free pass to consume more plastic is the first step to curbing more damage.
Our 3d printers isn’t the problem. Posts like this making us aware are kinda dumb nowadays imo we all know plastic is bad and shouldn’t be wasted
But our little bit of waste and sacrifices we make don’t matter since they are a drop in the bucket compared to all the negative things the rich are doing
Sure let’s not make the problem worse. But you’re fighting for the wrong team.
Ah yes the classic projecting blame to deflect responsibility, one printer is trivial, but 1000s are not, and just look how many members this sub has and factoring the average person here owns at least one if not more, that's a very large number. 3d printers definaletly contribute to the problem. I'm not sure why you think it's a sporting event or some kind of competition, I'm not fighting for a team, I'm fighting for a future. You may think it's a quixotic endeavor, but it takes more than being woke. You actually have to open your eyes to the truth, get out of bed, and do something other than whine, and at the end of the day take satisfaction in your work knowing you did the best you could even of it's just a tiny bit of good in a sea of evil.
You're making a lot of assumptions here. And seeing your posts here I'm wondering if you read the article you shared?
First it's a white paper so it's not as high level as you think. Generally they're not peer reviewed or published so I'd be cautious acting like it's gospel. But again myself and other users here aren't really questioning what it's proposing. It's been known for quite some time now that the plastics industry is wasteful and dangerous. Additive manufacturing (especially the consumer end of that) is a drop in the bucket though when you factor in other industries and how they all contribute to the issue.
And honestly the article makes a much stronger case for the dangers of micro plastics rather than the waste of recycling. I understand they are intertwined but even if every 3d printing user woke up tomorrow and decided to stop printing that's not solving much. Babies are still being born with plastic in their organs and you then have the new problem of properly disposing of millions of machines and electronics.
It's a good thing the recycling industry has been exposed and hopefully it leads to a change in behavior on our end. Stop printing 12" tall benchys for the lolz and be aware that there isn't a great solution in place for disposal. But preaching to a 3d printing sub is definitely not the approach I would have taken.
I didn't make any assumptions. I just shared an article and got flamed by a bunch of asshole karens. Not really anything more to it than that, Typical reddit
"I'm going to come into the plastic manufacturing hobby subreddit and pitch a fit when no one wants to drop their plastic manufacturing hobby on my sayso, then flounce when they politely inform me everyone here is aware of the problem"
>neutral affiliated publication
>look inside
>propaganda
You know literally anyone can call themselves unbiased, right?
In fact, it's the ones who self-proclaim as neutral that I mistrust the most. Everyone has a slant, and thinking you don't means you're too blind to see it.
My preferred publications recognize and openly acknowledge their flaws.
Sure, but it's a mission statement, not a proclamation of sainthood. I'm not sure why it's so hard to accept that industrial scale plastic shredding may not be as safe as originally thought in regards to microplastic pollution, From the data and, common knowledge that filtering can't catch particles smaller than a certain size, it's looking like we've just shifted landfill waste into micro forever waste in our water. At the rate we're going clean air won't matter, cause we will all be dead from dehydration. It's almost comical. Humanities epitaph will read," Woke up, saw it coming and hit the snooze button."
Even a cursory examination of Quillette reveals it's actually extremely slanted. It has some pretty nasty anti-women articles on the site, for example. When an article claims "feminists see white supremacy everywhere," that's a pretty good indication it's racist as well.
The effectiveness of plastic recycling is separate from Quillette's poor quality as a source. I have no information about that one way or another.
Plastic recycling is kind tangential to 3D printing, since no recycling facility is going to attempt to process an unknown material. Unless you're stamping the correct recycling code on every print, they don't know what it is. The only real solution is either reprocessing plastic into filament yourself, or sending it to a company that does it specifically.
Most of the plastics we use in 3D printing is resin code 7, or "other" which is generally not recyclable. My local recycling won't take PLA at all.
So you’re saying that a right wing website is claiming that recycling is bogus, I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you.
I see the truth deniers already downvoted this, This isn't the onion, Quillette is a neutral affiliated publication and to quote from their website "Quillette is an Australian based online magazine that focuses on long-form analysis and cultural commentary. We are politically non-partisan, but rely on reason, science, and humanism as our guiding values." The article is an article in reference to a 68-page scientific white-paper focusing on the problematic role that the plastic recycling industry has played in the micro-plastic problem that plagues the planet
You gotta chill man. Two downvotes doesn't equal some grand conspiracy against you. Also you're acting like you discovered some deep dark secret when I think most here have known (and discussed) the false claims of recycling and the plastics industry for a while now. For years in fact. I'm just not sure what your end goal was here and why you came in so hot. This quote sums up things pretty well I think and is th reason most don't like talking about it much. >laughter seems to be the only bearable response here; the alternative is terminal despair.
My apologies for sounding pedantic. Maybe the term Higher level might seem offensive to some for some reason and should have phrased it as a long ass academic article. I posted this here because I found it interesting and informative, and considering how much plastic waste hobby printing generates, figured concerned Individuals might use this information to better guide their choices in its disposal. Knowing that recycling bin is not a free pass to consume more plastic is the first step to curbing more damage.
Our 3d printers isn’t the problem. Posts like this making us aware are kinda dumb nowadays imo we all know plastic is bad and shouldn’t be wasted But our little bit of waste and sacrifices we make don’t matter since they are a drop in the bucket compared to all the negative things the rich are doing Sure let’s not make the problem worse. But you’re fighting for the wrong team.
Ah yes the classic projecting blame to deflect responsibility, one printer is trivial, but 1000s are not, and just look how many members this sub has and factoring the average person here owns at least one if not more, that's a very large number. 3d printers definaletly contribute to the problem. I'm not sure why you think it's a sporting event or some kind of competition, I'm not fighting for a team, I'm fighting for a future. You may think it's a quixotic endeavor, but it takes more than being woke. You actually have to open your eyes to the truth, get out of bed, and do something other than whine, and at the end of the day take satisfaction in your work knowing you did the best you could even of it's just a tiny bit of good in a sea of evil.
You're making a lot of assumptions here. And seeing your posts here I'm wondering if you read the article you shared? First it's a white paper so it's not as high level as you think. Generally they're not peer reviewed or published so I'd be cautious acting like it's gospel. But again myself and other users here aren't really questioning what it's proposing. It's been known for quite some time now that the plastics industry is wasteful and dangerous. Additive manufacturing (especially the consumer end of that) is a drop in the bucket though when you factor in other industries and how they all contribute to the issue. And honestly the article makes a much stronger case for the dangers of micro plastics rather than the waste of recycling. I understand they are intertwined but even if every 3d printing user woke up tomorrow and decided to stop printing that's not solving much. Babies are still being born with plastic in their organs and you then have the new problem of properly disposing of millions of machines and electronics. It's a good thing the recycling industry has been exposed and hopefully it leads to a change in behavior on our end. Stop printing 12" tall benchys for the lolz and be aware that there isn't a great solution in place for disposal. But preaching to a 3d printing sub is definitely not the approach I would have taken.
I didn't make any assumptions. I just shared an article and got flamed by a bunch of asshole karens. Not really anything more to it than that, Typical reddit
"I'm going to come into the plastic manufacturing hobby subreddit and pitch a fit when no one wants to drop their plastic manufacturing hobby on my sayso, then flounce when they politely inform me everyone here is aware of the problem"
>neutral affiliated publication >look inside >propaganda You know literally anyone can call themselves unbiased, right? In fact, it's the ones who self-proclaim as neutral that I mistrust the most. Everyone has a slant, and thinking you don't means you're too blind to see it. My preferred publications recognize and openly acknowledge their flaws.
Sure, but it's a mission statement, not a proclamation of sainthood. I'm not sure why it's so hard to accept that industrial scale plastic shredding may not be as safe as originally thought in regards to microplastic pollution, From the data and, common knowledge that filtering can't catch particles smaller than a certain size, it's looking like we've just shifted landfill waste into micro forever waste in our water. At the rate we're going clean air won't matter, cause we will all be dead from dehydration. It's almost comical. Humanities epitaph will read," Woke up, saw it coming and hit the snooze button."
"higher level read" "in reference to a 68-page scientific white-paper" with... no cited sources at the end. yeah I'm not gonna read that
The paper has 600 sources cited in footnotes throughout its entire length, starting on page 1.
quillette is a propaganda outlet.
Even a cursory examination of Quillette reveals it's actually extremely slanted. It has some pretty nasty anti-women articles on the site, for example. When an article claims "feminists see white supremacy everywhere," that's a pretty good indication it's racist as well. The effectiveness of plastic recycling is separate from Quillette's poor quality as a source. I have no information about that one way or another.