David Hakkens is a 27 year old Designer who has created a machine to revolutionize how we recycle plastic, he has titled the project ‘Precious Plastic’. Hakkens builds the machines himself, and includes tutorials on how to construct your own on his website preciousplastic.com
The Precious Plastic project takes plastics, shreads them, melts them down and forms them into stunning new items, such as toys, household items and kitchenware, to name a few.
Here is the link to the video to find out more about this topic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMVCbyl9iFA
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Hakken, David. “Machines – Precious Plastics.com.” http://preciousplastic.com. 2016. Accessed May 27, 2016. http://preciousplastic.com/en/creations/.
Hakken, David. “Precious Plasti at Ontdekfabriek.” davehakkens.nl. 2016. Accessed May 27, 2016. https://davehakkens.nl/news/precious-plastic-at-ontdekfabriek/.
Hakkens, David, and Donyea Coles. “Precious Plastic – learn how to turn your garage into a recycling workshop.” http://www.redferret.net. 2016. Accessed May 27, 2016. http://www.redferret.net/?p=52379.
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