Juice Box Wallet

Juice box wallets

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The common juice boxes and cartons are finding new lift after its juices have been drank.  People are making them into wallets and other goods. Juice box wallets are beautiful and useful. A juice box and cartons are made of liquid packaging board which is usually six layers of paper, polyethylene plastic, and aluminum foil. Paper is used to shape the…

Styrofoam goo

Repurposing Styrofoam

That white styrofoam we use for packaging, coffee cups and other things can be repurposed into a wide range of things.  When Styrofoam is mixed with gasoline or other chemicals it will breakdown into a gooey glob that when dried will be a hard plastic instead of the light fluffy stuff we think as styrofoam.…

plastic solvents

Plastic Solvents

This is kinda techie but interesting if you’re digging deep in to repurposed plastics.  I discovered a post on what solvents work with specific plastics.  Pure nail polish remover (Acetone) works with most plastics.  The process of solvent welding is simple. You apply the solvent to the pieces you want to stick together, push the pieces…

beachpolution

Ocean of Plastic

“Plastics, like diamonds, are forever.” The above quote is from Captain Charles Moore, oceanographer and racing boat captain known for articles that recently brought attention to the ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ . A recent study of remote beaches in Hawaii found that the beach sand contained over 50% plastic.   The plastic is washed upon the shore after being…

bottle house

Homes made of plastic bottles

In Bolivia and other Latin nations a group are helping people build their own homes our of plastic bottles.  The Casas de Botellas, which translates to Bottle House, are giving people new hope and dignity. The bottles are filled with  honey, sand, rubbish, linseed oil and milk.    The bottles are added to  dirt, livestock blood, cement, lime,…

FDA approved T-Glase filament

FDA approved plastic filament for food

Taulman3D offers a 3D printing filament called t-glase.  This amazing plastic works with 3D printers designed to use PLA.  One for those users that print mostly with PLA or lower temperature 3D Printers.  The name t-glase is short for tough glass and is pronounced as Tee-Glass. The main features of t-glase Strength – similar to…

Bio Plastic

Bio Plastics

A popular biodegradable plastic is polylactide, or PLA. PLA is a synthetic polyester that biodegrades within a year, decaying much faster than conventional petroleum-based plastics. The creation of PLA, a bio plastic, involves bacterial fermentation, similar to the fermentation in the synthesis of PHAs. This fermentation creates lactic acid, which is then polymerized.   Furthermore,…

3D printer

Favorate products from CES 2014

Below is a list of links to exciting companies I saw at the consumer electronics show in Las Vegas Afinia – 3D printers Stratasys – 3D printers Makerbot – 3D printer Leti – Maker of sensors and other components for advance devices Rii – makers of cool keyboards Robo 3D – 3D printers ZY LIghts – maker of…

PLA Plastic

PLA plastic is Polylactic acid.  As scary as that is, it is actually made from  starch, a food, and is considered a bio-plastic.  Most plastics are made from good old oil that we pump out of the ground.

Kinds of Plastic

Plastic is a word to describe a wide range of materials.  In our modern world we interact with plastic every day.  We drink from plastic water bottles, type on plastic keyboards, drive cars with plastic parts and eat food served in plastic containers.  Most plastics we use can be broken down into 6 categories.  If…