Portable Plastic Recycling Machine

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A mobile recycling unit capable of shredding plastic waste into pellets, melting them, and processing the melted plastic through an extruder, injector, or compressor to create molded products such as phone cases, bowls, structural beams, and gears.

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Monash University

Education and Research

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Precious Plastic

Open-sourced plastic recycling initiative

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Plastic shredding and pelletization

The machine shreds hard plastic into pellets as the first step in the recycling process.

Plastic injection molding

An injector squeezes melted plastic into molds to create shaped products.

Plastic compression molding

A compressor makes objects like bowls and structural beams from melted plastic.

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Portable Plastic Recycling Machine

A mobile recycling unit developed by Monash University engineering students that can shred, melt, and process plastic waste into molded products. The machine is designed to be transported on a utility vehicle to schools and workplaces for awareness-raising demonstrations.

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Monash University Engineering Department

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Professor Elizabeth Croft

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Portable recycling machine could help deal with the plastic waste problem

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