[Jason Knight], an intern at FabLab RUC, has worked hard for 9 months to make a sheet plastics shredder for HDPE and LDPE from things like plastic bags, bubble wrap and air cushion packaging with ...

He’s built his own rotary molder, a lever-operated injection molding machine, an extruder, and even a plastic shredder capable of taking in most scrap plastic. The results are quite impressive ...

Shredders are industrial machines used for size reduction. They are used to process plastic and wood, film and fiber, medical waste, construction and demolition debris, and many other materials.

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Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by ...

Size reduction equipment maker BCA Industries says integrated, customized systems from a sole supplier can help avoid later ...

And these are just the bits of it we can see. Plastic has become a vital part of our lives of convenience. Yet the coffee cup lids, water bottles and bags we use once and throw away do end up ...

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But they're still better at ensuring clean water compared to traditional water dispensers or single-use plastic bottles. Because of that, I decided not to test these self-cleaning water bottles ...

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You may have bought a drink recently and noticed something odd: the once removable cap is now tethered to the bottle by a small strip of plastic. Manufacturers have included the tether on bottles ...