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See Also

Recycling Technology

• Recyclebot
  • RepRapable Recyclebot: Open source 3-D printable extruder for converting plastic to 3-D printing filament
  • Improving recyclebot concepts
• 3-D Printable Polymer Pelletizer Chopper for Fused Granular Fabrication-Based Additive Manufacturing
• Fused Particle Fabrication 3-D Printing: Recycled Materials’ Optimization and Mechanical Properties
• Mechanical Properties and Applications of Recycled Polycarbonate Particle Material Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing
• Wood Furniture Waste-Based Recycled 3-D Printing Filament
• Solar powered distributed customized manufacturing
• Mechanical Properties of Ultraviolet-Assisted Paste Extrusion and Postextrusion Ultraviolet-Curing of Three-Dimensional Printed Biocomposites
• Open Source Waste Plastic Granulator

Distributed Recycling LCA

• Tightening the loop on the circular economy: Coupled distributed recycling and manufacturing with recyclebot and RepRap 3-D printing
• Energy Payback Time of a Solar Photovoltaic Powered Waste Plastic Recyclebot System
• Life cycle analysis of distributed recycling of post-consumer high density polyethylene for 3-D printing filament
• Evaluation of Potential Fair Trade Standards for an Ethical 3-D Printing Filament
• Life cycle analysis of distributed polymer recycling
• Distributed recycling of post-consumer plastic waste in rural areas
• Ethical Filament Foundation
• Green Fab Lab Applications of Large-Area Waste Polymer-based Additive Manufacturing
• Systems Analysis for PET and Olefin Polymers in a Circular Economy

Literature Reviews

• Waste plastic extruder: literature review
• Life cycle analysis of polymer recycling literature review
• Solar powered recyclebot literature review
• Waste plastic extruder: literature review
• Life cycle analysis of polymer recycling literature review

Externals

• Economist article on U. of Washington's HDPE boat, Oprn3dp.me
• https://ultimaker.com/en/resources/52444-ocean-plastic-community-project
• Another possible solution - reusable containers [1]

• Cruz, F., Lanza, S., Boudaoud, H., Hoppe, S., & Camargo, M. Polymer Recycling and Additive Manufacturing in an Open Source context: Optimization of processes and methods. [2]
• Investigating Material Degradation through the Recycling of PLA in Additively Manufactured Parts [3]
• Mohammed, M.I., Das, A., Gomez-Kervin, E., Wilson, D. and Gibson, I., EcoPrinting: Investigating the use of 100% recycled Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) for Additive Manufacturing. [4]
• Kariz, M., Sernek, M., Obućina, M. and Kuzman, M.K., 2017. Effect of wood content in FDM filament on properties of 3D printed parts. Materials Today Communications. [5]
• Kaynak, B., Spoerk, M., Shirole, A., Ziegler, W. and Sapkota, J., 2018. Polypropylene/Cellulose Composites for Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, p.1800037. [6]
• O. Martikka et al., "Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Wood-Plastic Composites", Key Engineering Materials, Vol. 777, pp. 499-507, 2018 [7]
• Yang, T.C., 2018. Effect of Extrusion Temperature on the Physico-Mechanical Properties of Unidirectional Wood Fiber-Reinforced Polylactic Acid Composite (WFRPC) Components Using Fused Deposition Modeling. Polymers, 10(9), p.976. [8]

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