Hello everyone.
I am an individual and I have been printing for myself only, for a little over a month. I am really surprised by the amount of waste that 3D printing produces. I dare not imagine on a country or world scale the tons of plastic lost in our waste!!
Is there no way to recycle all this??
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It looks interesting, but unfortunately they donāt ship to my country : Switzerland
You could launch your own recycling center for 3d printing leftovers, receiving this stuff from all over Switzerland and you might even get rich with thatā¦ perhaps even getting financial support from the cantonal authorities ā¦
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Could be a great idea if I was 30 years younger 
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Age aināt a decisive factor. You could launch it anyway and leave it a blooming business as legacy to your familyā¦
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abstractionismā¦ he should go into abstract art and launch a 3D melting art gallery ā¦ if people are ready to spend that amount of money on sn AI generated abstract āartā, theyād definitely buy his.
There was a contest a while ago related to uses for waste material.
These were my entries.
So basically, the short answer is NO.
There are no simple solutions to thisā¦
Having worked as an engineer at Philips consumer electronics in the past I can tell you that the amount of plastic you throw away is miniscule compared to the waste these type of factories haveā¦
So donāt worry too much.
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much of what folk print is waste, too, imnsho.
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unless gets sold on ebay, Aliexpress Amazon, and other placesā¦ then itās deemed as a profitable business and such concerns about the waste arenāt worth any further consideration anymore .
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Stop looking at my models!
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Malc, if he looks at them is because heās hooked by the beauty, design, cleverness, ingenuityā¦ and loss of filament your makes entail. Congrats Malc, your first āpadawanā in a generation. Good job!
Agreed.
One thing i swore myself when i got my first Printer in 2018 is to not print dust collectors or just stupid random things thatāll entertain me for 5 minutes and then be thrown away in a few years.
So far i have succeeded with it.
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Same thought here, but more (letās say) ancient /raw manner.
you are unfortunately right, when I have 5 minutes, I will call Jeff Bezos to find out if he wants to do business with 3D printing waste 
Yeah, all good and well, and your idea aināt bad (totally)ā¦ the bad news is that Bezos aināt the Amazon head honcho anymore ā¦ so you need to tailor yourself another approachā¦and another target CEO. 
just see that : https://www.preciousplastic.com/