Surprisingly, Darren Lomman, a WA engineer, decided to proceed with the fact that plastic recycling in Western Australia was not carried out locally and the waste plastics in the area were sold and transported to the 'international scrap market.' Building a plastics recycling plant in Perth to convert obsolete PTE plastic into 3D printed wire will also be the first Western recycling facility in Western Australia, under the Greenbatch name.
Lomman said most of the waste plastics are being burned to generate electricity, which not only pollutes the environment but also wastes valuable resources, and by turning them into 3D printed wires, plastic recycling becomes a more environmentally friendly and sustainable process.
Initially, Lomman's reprocessing plant will only recycle PET plastic, which is often used to make water bottles and beverage bottles and is also well-suited for 3D printed wire production. Lomman wants 3D printing materials for schools and other community organizations.
'About 70% of high schools have 3D printers and elementary schools are starting to introduce printers, and I even see a 3D printer in a preschool classroom,' says Lomman. 'So, let's take full advantage of this expanding market Solve the waste problem.
So far, Lomman has reached an agreement with 50 local schools, according to which the school will collect PET waste and Greenbatch will collect it periodically and send it to the factory for disposal. Once the plastic waste is reworked into wire, it will be sent back School use.
In keeping with the project's community spirit, Lomman decided not to allow the Greenbatch project to accept any commercial investment, instead he opted to launch a crowdfunding campaign that raised more than A $ 43,000 to date.