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Yes there is a plastics waste problem, but the real problem is that it cannot be infinitely recycled in the current process that this is talking about.

Additionally at 03:25 The problem is hit on the head in another way, you still have to sort and clean the plastic before these machines can start.

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A large part of all this is about raising awareness, not so much about actually solving the plastics problem through recycling. More people having hands-on experience with the realities of recycling is a good thing.

Indeed, I commend this project for raising awareness but there can only be so much awareness about a problem without a solution currently.

The problem is single use plastic, and there is a solution: use less of it.

Raising awareness of the difficulty in recycling plastic will help reduce the demand for it. Or, who knows, maybe we'll see an even better solution emerge from a makerspace working with Precious Plastics.

> sort and clean the plastic before

I always wondered if there was a way to use QR codes, if they would still be scannable after crushing

After you convince suppliers not to bond materials together that need to be separated.

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