Measuring cups or cooking tools would be pretty cool, I’d buy them if they were made with recycled plastic

I started making writing pens out of HDPE . I go to my local laundromat and pick up used laundry soap containers and melt them down into blocks and turn them into pins on my lathe . I wish I can show pictures here to show what I have done.

Cheap and localized geodesic modular structures are going to be so important for mitigating the suffering caused by the impending climate refugee crisis. Excellent progress on one of the most important looming humanitarian issues of our time.

Helping save the planet one smart design at a time! Amazing!

I subbed after stumbling onto a video and now after this video, I’m just blown away. So awesome!

6:23 "A lot of potential in this" PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

I have worked with someone very like the person you described. Very talented, poured a huge amount of effort and energy into the project, while being extremely abrasive and critical in the online forums. Chatting directly 1:1 would help, we would get everything straightened out then the next day he would be back at it. It seemed like like a compulsion with him - he couldn't walk away from something he disagreed with, and saw the worst intentions in every message and felt the need to lash out and fight back. Perhaps an experienced therapist might know the right way to manage this kind of personality, I don't. I do think you have to have clear guidelines for community behavior and apply them consistently. After that, I can only wish you luck!

LOL I was wondering when you were going to say something about pporg (Guenter). Seems like he means well. I've always noticed him helping but he's quick to tease and he's not hesitant to express his opinions. I just assumed it was a European thing. In other news, I just bought a shredder set and I hope to make some progress on setting up a work station in Northwest Florida soon enough. I was inspired by your extruded "elephant tusk" to start thinking of ways to make quality "ivory" products to raise awareness of the potential that plastic has. I mean, I should be posting this in the forums instead of my KZfaq shitposting account, but here I am.

As we speak I'm saving up for my first machine, if everything goes to plan I'll be building it by October. As a young guy from South Africa I am starting to understand more and more how bad the impact of plastic is, therefore I thank you for helping us with these solutions😁😁👊

Thanks for providing a partial solution to some of our world's problems. I love the wonderful works you have done for our community as a whole. Also, LOVE LOVE the banjo. Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming.

Great stuff Precious plastic, keep the documentation up!

Yes! More real things with real value. Less hippie arts and crafts products that end up back in the trash

You should go green And build home agriculture material Seeding trays Little green house, pots, Window farm, green walls, Anything that helps growing things! Go green guy! Love 😘!!

Super glad I found this channel, I am a product design student and I'm super interested in trying to up-cycle plastic waste. Love what your doing and keep it up!!!

kudos to the whole team - great work great progress. Hope Gunter continues to be active and helpful in the community - every community needs a grouch :) Cheers from PEI Canada

Nashville appreciates the Old Joe Clark banjo ending! Keep up the good work.

YOU ARE DOING GRAETE ,I HAVE LEARNT LOT FROM YOU GUYS, IM A NIGERIAN AND I WANT TO GET INTO THE BUSSINESS OF PLASTIC RECYCLING...YOU TRULY ARE TOUCHING LIVES.....WELL DONE

Every single video from you guys makes me warm on the inside. I somehow did not join your forums all this time and that changes now ^^. Thank you for everything guys!

awesome job. Im excited to see what you come up with next!!

Thank you for adding contact info in the community products section!

Instead of consumer based products that youd buy at like a target. Why not build longer lasting building materials like roof shingles, window pane frames, etc

I really enjoy keeping up with the progress you are making regarding recycling plastics. You are showing the world what can be done with some effort and hard work. I have found that the people who have the most to say about something usually do the least to help these ideas and projects. So what if you are making a profit on the things that you sell on your website. People hate it because they are not as passionate about this as you and your team are. I applaud what you and your team are doing. Best of luck to you!

Awesome video this month guys! I’ve been inspired by you guys and I am looking to open a small store in Kansas City, Missouri. There is a local shopping district made out of shipping containers and they are looking for retailers for next summer! Hopefully version 4 is out by then and I can open up this amazing shop and help save the planet! Thanks guys!

Absolutely wonderful. I am so excited.

Great job! Thank you for sharing!

Make giant(like 1 ft size)Legos. Those would sell like crazy

The sheets would be great for floor tiles, window shutters, cabinets, etc

One area I think would be really great to look into is fencing, right now so much wood is used up to make fence posts and plastic would be a good substitute since it doesn't rot and it is more flexible

I'd like to order the first precious plastic green house frame, please. Great progress, guys!

Great music in the end.

Love all that you do thank you

Great work guys, i am very inspired. Forbi Perise from Cameroon

You all are always inspiring

Your work is amazing!

you guys are doing a great job keep it up , every little bit helps to clean up our world we live in ..👍🇺🇸🇺🇸👍

You guyz are doing an amazing job and you are without a doubt very passionate about this. Personally I believe that "Guenter" character to be jealous and vindictive by his actions and he does not deserve the attention he demands from your investments of sweat and tears. Some people are just born with wiring that doesn't connect properly and by acting the way he is, he obviously needs a hell of a good electrician. Keep up your amazing research, you guyz strongly inspire me......

you guy are changing lives.

you could do custom orders for specific cosplay pieces. horns, armor pieces, jewelry

you should make filament rolls for 3dprinters!!

Awesome work! I would love to purchase smaller recycled plastic sheets that are ideally 3-4mm thick. Hope that you will consider adding them to your product range!

Gardening season here in Chicago and I am looking at making raised beds for vegetables. Wood can be expensive and short lived. 6 by 6 timbers made of recycled plastic would make a durable long lasting bed that won't rot away.

Guys, thank you for your working! I hope, that you don't forget to mark the type of plastic on every finished item! ;)

Great update!

-Aquaponics parts, -Rain water collection/management containers/filters. -quality composting toilets -foundation earthquake isolators....

you guys are amazing!!! :) hey could you show the process of making the tubes if possible thank you!!!

hey @davehakkens please tag the people mentioned in the community news in the video description, it would make it a lot easier to check them out.

This is awsome way to make plastic recycling. World needs you guys. You guys are amazing. I need this machine i would also be a part of your team. But i am not that much rich.

I am so sorry that you have been hassled by difficult people in your forum. You don't deserve it. Keep up the great work.

O trabalho de voces é incrivel! Parabéns!

I love these updates.

Quick question... you make a lot of bowls, cups, etc. can you explain what types of plastic that we recycle could we eat from? Is it safe? Are any of them microwaveable....should I eat cereal from my plastic bowl...etc. thanks

Can you extrude 55 gallon trash cans ? Or recycling bin would probably be more useful

Dave, you are finally acknowledging the difficulty of what you set out to do -turn post-consumer plastic into worthy products that will honestly, and economically displace virgin non-renewable material. Good (competitive) product design is hard, doing it with inferior or variable materials is more than 10X harder. THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS DEVELOPE YOUR CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE MATERIAL WITH CONSISTANT PROPERTIES. When you have your material properties under control, engineers and designers of sufficient talent will be able to create quality products. Good intention is not the same as good worker. Opening up to comment means opening up to criticism -to make progress you must demand that criticism be constructive! There are many words that are never constructive -a computer can search and reject them. Some hostility should be expected -there are many scams out in the world raking in money from fools who then want to condemn industries that tell them the truth.

I think your providing a valuable service. The positive stuff is brilliant. It would be great if there was a way to filter the negative trash out of all feeds as its unnecessary bumph... waste of space and distracting.... keep going and keep positive. Im looking forward to getting more involved this year... love all your enthusiasm its becoming infectious. Thank you...

There will always be haters! You guys are doing an amazing thing! I’m stoked I discovered Precious Plastics!

In the first videos, you said, that there is no point to recycle plastic in to "small things" which will end up in the ground as trash again. You need larger products to consume more recycled plastic. Think big! Phone case will last you a year, two, max three and then you upgrade your phone. Roof tiles, Fencing, Benches, Shelves

I am in Encinitas California where skateboarding is king.I will see if any builders here would like your boards. Also many Surfboards made here could use fins.

I LOVE THIS!!!

I am watching Dave from Russia and here is my opinion about what he does: he is no dobt doing a good job, this is his idea and he is helping the World to become cleaner by teaching People to recycle. There are few that work for the sake of the humankind, he is one of them. Thumbs up Dave, wish you the best with your ideas!!

DIY shed roof sheet material and maybe shed walls and floor tutorial would be very helpful and useful.. maybe a way to make thin tiles or larger sheets at home!? Thanks!

Keep up the great work,,,you guys rock, About the sheets,,,if you laminated them you can have the smooth finish on the outside and the stronger sheets in between,,,like plywood,?

the creation of thick mats 30 inches or 77 cm wide that can be laid down on grass to make wheelchair accessible paths that can be lifted and reused to give greater accessibility.

I love those plastic tiles, can they be made so they interlock? We could put them in balcony or other places in summer.

For the gun nut: practice guns (you know the blue, solid fill guns they have in the stores) and practice shells for both pistols and shotguns so you can practice safe handling with non-live rounds. For the traveler: modern travel items are so thin. Make some nice thick travel soap boxes like we had 20 years ago. Is it possible to make a slip on cover for your boots (for mud/rain purposes) by melting plastic bags with a heat gun around them?

How about sculpted, interlocking tiles for shower surrounds and kitchen backsplashes? Maybe laminate type flooring?

FABRIC from plastic. Waterbottles can be turned to thread and then a loom to turn that thread into woven polyester. Then use that to make clothing, shoes, purses, etc!

I know it's a big task and might seem impossible but I think what you should make is components of your recycling machines and ultimately parts for a robotic arm. This way you will have a self replicating, recycling, money making, planet saving goal that might make everyone happier.

outdoor furniture - for bars, cafes etc

Please don't let the Gunthers (7:50) of the world bring you down. You're doing amazing work, inspiring people on many levels. And for whatever it's worth, in my experience some people insist on being extreme and "bad asses" in their electronic communications, but in person they're pussy cats and good community members. I do a lot of work with a community radio station here in San Francisco and that's been the lesson again and again and at this point we don't make any critical decisions on our email list. So tell him that if he wants to contribute, come do it in person, or at least via video conference, and I bet he'll become a strong contributor. And maybe remind him that if he wouldn't be comfortable saying something to someone in person, he shouldn't say it via forum post or email either. It's a lesson that some people are slow to learn. But anyway, thanks again for your excellent work! As I hope you know, you're a model not just for upcycling, but for collaboration and community itself.

Congratulations for all the work you do and to building a community on recycling! This is really about making progress for a great and global cause, well done! About the haters you mentioned or who wrote prior, well... it seems they couldn't do any better as they just can express pointless personal feelings;)

I really like what you guys are doing .... I'm a professional manufacturer myself in the garage door industry, we make specialty hardware components. I have an idea to make a super cool design for a door panel, made from recycled plastics, ideally would be a continuous extrusion line. I'm going to check the forums see if anyone has any technical engineering experience regarding the properties such as extreme hot & cold temperatures, impact resistance, etc. Or if anyone has information they could share with me, would be greatly appreciated ... I would share & help anyone else who wanted to start a business manufacturing parts & panels, as I have 32 years experience in the business, but 0 experience with plastics. Looks to me that you folks need to get to a higher professional level in the product development phase, hopefully I can contribute. Thanks Robert

Totally inspired, but I don't know where to start since I'm completely new in this ideas and recycling matters 😳

Best intro ever

This is really good I hope to learn something and start it in Uganda

There is a pretty big market for 3-D printer enthusiasts. They are always buying spools of plastics and other medium for their printers. I could see a Precious Plastics line of 3-D printer medium.😉

Randomly clicked on the video. Crazy thing is my boyfriend and I were just talking about different ways to reuse the ocean plastic. We think that would be a great way to help get rid of it.

Brilliant. I’m all about minimalism. This fits into my belief structure. I know that I can help our country big time as it’s poor. We have huge problems that can be solved by what you’ve been up to. Let’s make a difference together.

The propellors for VAWT. (Vertical axis wind turbines) Boats, for rescue in emergency. Water storage container if you can somehow clean the plastic. Potable water storage containers. Toilet seats looked great. For groovy people! Wind surf boards would take up a lot of the stuff. It's the bain of my life, problem is the gas is releasing as you heat it. Could try to wear gas mask and retain brain cells. Whatever floats your boat.. Think all things made from virgin plastic then think functionality.

Those sheets might could work thinner as a kitchen wall backer boards.

Best Regards from the UAE 🇦🇪

Cool like this I hope to see this in the USA

You can make a variety of furnitures with waste plastic. As we have cleaned the most of the forest for wood, by just replacing wood by waste plastic, we can clean the waste plastic around the world. I don't have a job and money right now, as there is no place for creative people in industry here, but I will try do it, your way once in a life.

There are more ways then one. It is only when words are used that confuses the process. Keep trying is all.

impressive!

Have boats, docks, small bridges been considered in time?

I LOVE those little baskets and flower pots made from the extruder. for making the ones with different colors: do you practise to know how much is needed for the first color and then add the next color or do you first do e.g. red for various baskets, then change to yellow and add the yellow. I assume the first because the colors seem to blend into each other and I also assume it won't look so nice if you add the next color once the first color has cooled donw. And I was wondering if those colors are always soley the original plastic color or if you sometimes add some kind of paint to it? Would love to here about your experience with this. Thanks, Nike P.S. I have not built the machine yet...so I cannot try it out myself, yet ;)

Hey. Take a video about how to discolor plastic, a very interesting topic! I will be very grateful. Your subscriber from Russia)

The best items are ones that are not exclusively plastic. Lots of great products are not just plastic monoliths, they are composed of metal pins, other plastic inlays, rubber etc.

Why are you so concerned what people say. Maybe they are your competitors or just jealous. Who cares. You guy are doing a great job. Well Done!!! And keep it up. ❤️

Welcome to Egypt Welcome and enjoy with our cevelithion

i love this

Hi, I'm very interested in your precious plastic project, and I'm wondering about the operating costs. For example how much plastic do you need for a 200*20*3 cm plank, and how much time does is take to shred and melt it, plus how much electric power does this need? Etc. etc. Is there a spreadsheet or list, where I can find these specifics? Thanks in advance!

i live in Canada... is it possible to get some of the parts so that i cud assemble it... especially the ex cruder and the shredder

Thank you guys for all you do! Can you build giant Lego like bricks to make houses out of? Or even LEGO like walls..Instead of brick walls?🌸

What to make? Hmm.. items that are multi use, maybe recycled plastic demonstrated as a complete car, one that is easily modified, perhaps with interchangeable things such as to convert a sedan into a pickuptruck, and even a hotswappable RV camper. A lego-like method of getting the parts to fit, plus with added locking pins, perhaps tension adjustable pins. 1001 ways to redesign a vehicle, maybe 2112?

Thanks for the information pro, i love what you do their but , why no shipping to my country in every thing in the Bazar " Egypt "

I find the sheets to be the most interesting. Can they be used for walls, floors and roofs?

Ideea: Picture Frame ! Untouchable for about 80 years 😁

Great to see this progress! The community is getting bigger and bigger! :)

I really wish that especially the US was more involved with this. I live in Texas but I’m visiting family in Tennessee and I was heartbroken/upset to find out they don’t recycle here. After a quick Google search it turns out that Tennessee, Florida, and Pennsylvania have stopped recycling. If there were more people that were involved here, it would turn a travesty into a huge opportunity. Also, if anyone from PP is reading this, I’m working on a design for the robotics sorting thing and I will be posting a topic soon and you guys should look into making skateboard wheels and maybe tools rather than decks. I know I will. just a thought