Renew IT, a recycling company for electronic waste, added this to the national headquarters in Lane Cove designed by the University of New South Wales (unsw). It will recycle the hard plastics of objects such as old printers and computers in material for 3D printing. The Plastics Microfactory module was developed by the Unsw Center for Smart Materials Research and Technology Center (Smart) Center for Sustainable Materials (Smart) and is the first commercial operation and the use of technology outside the Unsw -Smart Center.
The center is officially opened by unsw Vice Chancellor and President Professor Attila Brung. “After a comprehensive test and commissioning phase, I am pleased to open the microfactory module for renewing the plastic microfactor,” he said. “I am enthusiastic about the positive effects that come from the research, innovations and collaborative partnerships from Unsw. This institution has already shown significant economic, social and ecological advantages and so far 50.4 tons of plastic waste from landfills and burning systems. New jobs and income have also been created, and the technology creates a round economy in which materials, in which materials are maximized, the materials can, and increasingly maximize the resources. “
“Electronic goods are a growing waste problem, and although there have been some bans to go to landfills in recent times, there are often no market for us. It. “If 3D printing feeds can be produced competitive by recycling hard plastics, we should not produce them with virgin materials and then import them from overseas, where almost most of the filament comes in Australia.”
“Restoration of waste from waste plays a major role when we move into a sustainable future and reduce our carbon production,” said Professor Veena Sahajwalla, founder and director of the unsw Smart Center. “Many of the materials required for our future needs are limited in the supply. Therefore, we can accelerate our sovereign manufacturing ability in order to reform innovative technologies for reforming waste in Valwertwertstock for reprocessing. Waste itself can and must be regarded as a resource with economic and social advantages in order to be more sustainable.”
The 3D printing filament is currently almost exclusively imported into Australia and produced from petrochemicals. Therefore, it reduces the effects on environmental production and the effects of global freight locally from used plastics.
“ABS hardy plastic are currently recycled as pellets for reworking, but this is very low and energy-intensive. It sells at around $ 2 per kilo. Compared to the amount of this available plastic, it does not appear much.” I believe that microfactories with plastic filament have the potential to revolish the creation of 3D printer filament. I look forward to a time when 3D printing feed is only related from recycled hard plastics, “she said.