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## Brainstorming
- Generally speaking, recycling waste plastic in a home setting hasn't been remotely cost effective.
Shredder-style machines to break down the prints typically *start* at $1,000 USD.
Machines to convert the resulting particles tend to be another machine, starting also at $1,000 USD or often much more.
- Shredder-style machines to break down the prints typically *start* at $1,000 USD.
- Machines to convert the resulting particles tend to be another machine, starting also at $1,000 USD or often much more.
- Everyone likes to do the math, where it costs, say, $50/roll to recylce, and $20/roll to buy new, so why bother?
- This is short-sighted though, as without trying new things, the status quo will likely never change.
- Two main parts to the problem - breaking down waste material and then re-extruding the broken down pieces.
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- OK, a little special in that you want to cool it right away and be able to monitor the 1.75mm output.
- Should be able to be built in a small and simple form factor, not much bigger than a filament box.
- Filament should be cooled but also dried so it is ready to print as soon as possible.
- Candles created in this way are presumably "dry" to begin with, no need to dry the particles.

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