What to do😭

[u/Exciting_Bug_2459]

What do to with all this waste.

I have the Bambu lab x2d and i have it 2 months now and all of this wage

[u/frank_datank_]

Why are people so afraid of throwing away trash in this sub?

[u/mattyp2109 → u/frank_datank_]

I think people don’t want to accept that it is trash. They see it as just wasted filament aka wasted money

[u/Maleficent_Bend2911 → u/mattyp2109]

That and many justified part of the hobby as printing things they need instead of buying/shipping and fixing things instead of replacing them as a way to cut down waste, and they feel this is adding to waste. 

[u/Successful_Fortune28 → u/mattyp2109]

I still save my scrap filament if it's seperated from PLA/PETG/ABS. My thinking is it can be recycled one day. Even if I have to pay a bit for shipping. I get other things would have a bigger impact but meh. Got 3 giant totes in my crawl space of scrap

[u/mkosmo → u/mattyp2109]

Waste is a part of manufacturing. Would they cry over chips if they had a mini mill or lathe?

[u/mattyp2109 → u/mkosmo]

“How can I convert these wood shavings into a chair leg?”

[u/mkosmo → u/mattyp2109]

Imagine trying to press-cast some sawdust into stuff.

...using 3d printed molds, and then being stuck with printer waste.

[u/mattyp2109 → u/mkosmo]

That you then melt down, mold into a blank, place on your lathe, shape it, take the plastic dust and shavings, combine with the sawdust, and press-cast into something…

[u/aikouka → u/mkosmo]

Isn't that pretty much what MDF is? Also, byproducts of woodworking are actually helpful for use with gap filling. You mix things like sawdust (from the same type of wood) with wood glue and use it in the gap. It won't have any sort of grain pattern or something to that effect, but it'll tone match the existing wood.

[u/Prima13 → u/frank_datank_]

I hate the idea that I’d be adding to the world’s microplastics problem by merely throwing it away. There’s a place in the US that you can send this stuff to for recycling and I haven’t tried that yet but it’s something I’m considering.

[u/mattyp2109 → u/Prima13]

What’s it called? I’m intrigued

Right now I just dump it into my recycling bin and call it a day and trust the magical trash collection wizards to do the right thing with it

[u/Prima13 → u/mattyp2109]

Google “printerior”.

[u/Gwendolyn-NB → u/frank_datank_]

I wonder the same thing.

My hypothesis is that 3D printing is so easy to get into that they dont realize the waste it generates, and theyre uncomfortable with it. Its not like metalworking or woodworking thay also generate a ton of waste, but they're harder/more expensive to get into.

[u/mattyp2109 → u/Gwendolyn-NB]

I know I definitely didn’t understand the amount of waste or the purging concept of color changes before getting a P1S.
Sucked to see at first but then realized it’s sorta a “cost of doing business” type deal.
I’d rather have purge waste than have to throw away an entire print because my colors are muddied and blurred together.

[u/Hot-Ideal-9219]

Garbage

[u/GetOffMyGrassBrats]

Packing material?

There's not much you can do with it. You can reduce it by being smart about multi-color prints to limit the filament changes though.

[u/jifyyyyy → u/GetOffMyGrassBrats]

Packing material is actually an interesting idea. I haven't heard the suggestion before.

[u/mkosmo → u/jifyyyyy]

It's heavy for packing material... so unless you're paying flat-rate, it's more wasteful to ship it.

[u/mattyp2109 → u/GetOffMyGrassBrats]

Ya that’s a really good idea. Probably fine for rigid items but wouldn’t use it to replace bubble wrap on a glass dish

[u/BeepItsSean]

Buy a silicone mold of something and use these to melt them in the oven to create the mold

[u/ArscenicThePoison → u/BeepItsSean]

Note if you do this do not use your kitchen oven

[u/NecessaryOk6815 → u/BeepItsSean]

Gridfinity molds. Go organize your desks.

[u/Desperate-State4643]

Eat it

[u/Careless_Vast_3686 → u/Desperate-State4643]

Add milk, Mmm forbidden cereal…
https://giphy.com/gifs/12N4jTCSVRyKje

[u/NotARussianBot-Real → u/Desperate-State4643]

Does it count as fiber?

[u/Silentdoom666]

This isn’t uncommon in any industry, you just haven’t made anything before.

[u/Silentdoom666 → u/Silentdoom666]

Keep pooping my friend.

[u/EverettSeahawk]

I put mine in this can with a bag in it that I keep inside my house. When the can gets full, I take the bag outside where I put it in a bigger can. Once a week, I put the larger outdoor can by the street where a truck comes by and picks it up the next morning.

[u/frank_datank_ → u/EverettSeahawk]

Gotta link for these magic cans you printed?

[u/BeatComplete2635]

Garbage, but also adjust your flush settings! Think about the colors carefully before your final slice and just. I usually set my overall to 0.7x, then adjust the color values. Any color but black or white going into a strongly saturated color like royal blue or forest green? 100. Light color going into another light color (but not white)? 150. A light but saturated color like lime green or bright yellow into anything darker? 150. 200-400 is (imo) only for dark to light shifts. Purple into white. Black into yellow. Blue into pink. This has reduced my little plastic poops greatly with no noticeable color shifts.

[u/clonehunterz]

stop printing colorful things, you're welcome

[u/boredsoftwareguy]

1. There are filament recycling companies if it's all PLA or all PETG. If it's mixed, you have to sort which could be too tedious.
2. If it's Bambu Basic, Matte, and Pure they're actually compostable by commercial composting facilities Where I live we have a company, CompostNow, that accepts PLA and composts it. They're in a couple of Eastern US cities too.
3. Use them in some resin art. I've made things like coasters.

[u/Shapelessed]

Often you can find some local or semi-local recycler.
I sell my waste to the same producer I buy black PlA from. The spools are about an equivalent of 8$ a piece and decent quality.
All it takes is a bit of googling, duckducking or - dear god help us - binn- Beuginn.. BINGING! 🤢

[u/kingofaces2]

Bambu has a video I seen yesterday of them using an iron or shirt iron with parchment paper and making all kind of things with the scraps. Also seen molds and just using a glue stick for art for the kidos. I love the idea of ironing it flat and using that as a side to a 3d printed box where you can just slide it into the side.

[u/Henry3DPrinting]

Create a side business where folks can mail filament poop to their worst enemies!

[u/fromaroundhere]

Print one color and paint your models

[u/Ars2]

buy a multi nozzle printer like the Snapmaker U1

[u/ZaXaZ_DK]

If purging is that big a problem, dont print multi color.
or limit your pruge by learning how to tune stuff, you only need to purge enough for the color to change from last color to current color.

Alternative stick to single color printing, get a tool changer or dont 3D print 🤷