Precious Plastic

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Precious Plastic

 

The Sustainability Lab joined the Precious Plastic Universe, the worldwide movement of plastic recyclers, re-shapers, and re-users in 2021. More information about Precious Plastic can be found here.

We had ordered our Precious Plastic machine, which is a MultiMeltMachine, incorporating three machines: a shredder, an injector, and an extruder, from Andy Middleton, Tenerife/Spain. The machine arrived late December 2021 and we tested it and presented it to the interested audience from autumn 2022 on, see below.

If you want to get involved in our Precious Plastic project and local-circularity enhancing collaboration, feel free to contact Ines Junge.

Watch our newest event, the multi-melt-machine visits Forskningsdagene and is at Klimahuset for the second time in 2023!

Watch our last event, celebrating Global Recycling Day, 18th March 2023 at Klimahuset!

From Ines' visit @Kunststoffschmiede, a Precious Plastic node in Dresden, Germany

Video of injection moulding trial (watch)

Sneak view onto shredding (watch)

Our machine and lab work in plastics recycling

The multi-melt-machine built by Andrew Middelton, Precious Plastic Canaries (photo Precious Plastic Canaries).

Precious Plastic participants

Prof. Maja van der Velden
Project leader

(Krister Borge
former Principal engineer)

 

Ines Junge
PhD candidate

Nicholas Stevens (PhD candidate, former group member, PP supporter)

(Harald Maartmann-Moe, PhD candidate, former group member)