Plastic bank

Reducing Waste Plastic & Poverty Around the World
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The Plastic Bank is an organization designed to remove plastic waste from the world’s oceans, beaches and waterways while empowering people living in poverty to raise their standard of living.

This is achieved through “Plastic Banks” established strategically in impoverished areas with an existing abundance of plastic waste. The Plastic Bank is making plastic waste a currency in addition to offering people both education and the opportunity to trade plastics for access to 3D printing services & other life improving opportunities.

A strong focus will be on educating and empowering local people to both reveal value in themselves and to see the value in turning recyclable plastics into necessities and entrepreneurial opportunities. Additional efforts will go towards community collection projects that raise the overall standard of living in our host communities.

Plastic Bank Extruder

The Plastic Bank has developed an industrial waste plastic/ocean plastic extuder and have provided all of the plans as open hardware. For the full bill of materials, assembly instructions and guide to use go here.

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