https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/plastic-recycling-australian-engineers-create-micro-solution-200127100107469.html
[2 minute 30 second video is the meat of this item.
Imagine if such a thing became commercial and widely deployed. How many
truck-miles (-kilometres) would be saved, and fuel not burned? Imagine
if the mobile version was powered by electricity or biofuels. How much
GHG emissions would be eliminated? Then, consider the potential for
having a local community 3D-printing facility which could turn out
recycled plastic items which are low-quantity production items
(typically shipped long distances), or items specific to local practice
or events. Or local production of plastic lumber or other construction
hardware. So much potential to reduce plastic waste ending up in the
environment reducing the need for new virgin plastic to be produced, and
reducing tonne-miles of product and packaging transport.]
Plastic recycling: Australian engineers create a 'micro' solution
A micro-recycling factory in Sydney could revolutionise the way old
plastics are turned into new materials.
by Andrew Thomas
Jan. 27, 2020
When China stopped taking foreign recyclables two years ago, innovation
was needed to deal with the world's plastic problem.
Now engineers in Australia say they have developed a technology to
reduce plastic that can fit into a room.
They say the micro-factory ends the need for waste products to be
transported over long distances and could lead to much more rubbish
being recycled.
Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas reports from Sydney, Australia.
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Darryl McMahon
Freelance Project Manager (sustainable systems)
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