basic
machines

Basic machines are perfect to start and get into local plastic recycling.
Play around, make products, run workshops and educate people.

Get started into plastic recycling

Easy to build

Designed for maximum replicability, with over 50 video tutorials, these machines should be quite easy to build.

Educational

These machines are small, silent and easy to understand making them perfect for educational workshops at events or schools.

Affordable

Materials and tools need to build these machines are ready available and affordable in most countries. So everyone can start.

Opensource

All Precious Plastic knowledge and material is available under Creative Commons licence.

Shredder machine

Extrusion is a continuous process where plastic flakes are inserted into the hopper and extruded into a line of plastic.

These lines can be used to make new raw materials such as 3d printing filament, make granulated plastic, spun around a mold, or used in your own new and creative ways.

Technical data

Type
Double shaft
Investment
4000 €
Dimensions
1205 x 550 x 1512 mm
Weight
340 kg
Power (W)
3KW
Voltage
400 V
AMP
16 amp

Extrusion machine

Extrusion is a continuous process where plastic flakes are inserted into the hopper and extruded into a line of plastic.

These lines can be used to make new raw materials such as 3d printing filament, make granulated plastic, spun around a mold, or used in your own new and creative ways.

Technical data

Type
Double shaft
Investment
4000 €
Dimensions
1205 x 550 x 1512 mm
Weight
340 kg
Power (W)
3KW
Voltage
400 V
AMP
16 amp

Injection machine

Extrusion is a continuous process where plastic flakes are inserted into the hopper and extruded into a line of plastic.

These lines can be used to make new raw materials such as 3d printing filament, make granulated plastic, spun around a mold, or used in your own new and creative ways.

Technical data

Type
Double shaft
Investment
4000 €
Dimensions
1205 x 550 x 1512 mm
Weight
340 kg
Power (W)
3KW
Voltage
400 V
AMP
16 amp

Compression machine

Extrusion is a continuous process where plastic flakes are inserted into the hopper and extruded into a line of plastic.

These lines can be used to make new raw materials such as 3d printing filament, make granulated plastic, spun around a mold, or used in your own new and creative ways.

Technical data

Type
Double shaft
Investment
4000 €
Dimensions
1205 x 550 x 1512 mm
Weight
340 kg
Power (W)
3KW
Voltage
400 V
AMP
16 amp

SHREDDER

Plastic waste is shredded into flakes which will be used in the other machines to create new things. You can select the output size of these flakes by changing the sieve inside the machine to create different patterns and processes.

get your own machines

Precious Plastic designs the machines in The Netherlands.
People build them (independently) around the world.

Join hundreds of others

People all over the world are creating recycling projects
using Precious Plastic machines. Join them!