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  1. May 14, 2021, 03:42 PM #1
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    Recycling plastic into pellets - GIFs

    Recycling plastic into pellets.














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    Take mixed wet plastic and grind into pellets. What go you get? Wet mixed plastic pellets. Trying to melt it down for injection molding would give you a brittle mess. IMHO, the best you can do is dig a hole and burry the pellets. Burning it would release a lot of toxins.
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    Yeah, the recycling centers around here quit accepting it. They say it's cheaper to make new.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rgsparber View Post
    Take mixed wet plastic and grind into pellets. What go you get? Wet mixed plastic pellets. Trying to melt it down for injection molding would give you a brittle mess. IMHO, the best you can do is dig a hole and burry the pellets. Burning it would release a lot of toxins.
    Do like one guy is trying to do. Turn it into diesel and gasoline he calls it plasti-line



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