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I've been doing a lot of research but a lot of the stuff I find is about recycling filament scrap yourself and making it a new spool which I would love to do however I don't have the time or the space to do that. Are there services that recycle PLA, PETG, and TPU I'm in the US.

Heck I'll even send someone the scrap if they want to recycle it themselves.

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[–] thantik@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

If you've got a spare $600 laying around, but that buys a lot of filament!

CNCKitchen did a review of the Arteme 3D here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT04glGDjB4

But unless you've also got a grinder, a spare oven to dehydrate the plastic, etc -- it's just not worth the time.

What I've seen people suggest is to just buy a silicone mold from Amazon -- something you think is cool -- and dump little scraps of filament into the mold and bake it in a small toaster oven. The plastic will fill up the mold, making something nice and heavy to use as a paperweight and/or sell on etsy.

Something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nypitKDr928

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[–] chrischryse@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

That’s too much time and I just don’t have time for it unfortunately