This bin design aids in separating filament waste like purge or failed prints for recycling. The container repurposes the plastic packaging from your filament rolls and features swappable label plates with various designs (PLA, PETG, cute DINOSAUR). Once full, the bags can be sent directly to a recycling company that produces new filament from the waste.

The system is designed for convenience, with components that can easily be clipped together and secured with a printed screw to the side of a table (up to 50mm thick). It fits perfectly beside the A1 Mini, behind the P1P/S, and probably many other printers. In combination with a poop deflector for the A1 Mini or a poop chute for the P1P/S all purge is perfectly collected for recycling.

As a special feature, there is a charming purge-eating dinosaur label. A blank plate is also provided for personal labeling. Feel free to share your custom labels in the comments.

Reduce:

• Multicolor label plates are designed to minimize color switches.
• For most prints, the prime tower can be disabled to reduce waste. It is enabled for the dinosaur design but its size is significantly reduced from the default setting.
• The flushing volume multiplier can be adjusted in the slicer to approximately 0.6-0.8 without fear of color bleeding.
• Use the slicer setting to purge into the object infill (not suitable for this design because there is no infill at color layers).

Reuse:

• By reusing the filament's plastic bag for the bin, less material is required compared to a fully 3D-printed bin.
• All used filament shown in the images is recycled PLA from Recyclingfabrik.

Recycle:

• The core purpose of this design is to encourage recycling. Send your waste filament to a recycling company and receive points or a discount on new filament purchases.

Recycling Companies:

• Germany: Recyclingfabrik
• USA: Printerior Designs
• UK: 3D Filaprint

Used Filaments:

• https://recyclingfabrik.com/shop/flauschiges-schaf-weiss/
• https://recyclingfabrik.com/shop/suesse-kirsche-rot/
• https://recyclingfabrik.com/shop/schimmernde-tanne/
• https://recyclingfabrik.com/shop/gute-nacht-schwarz-mx/

Printing:

• 1x Frame clip
• 1x Frame body
• 1x Screw (long for thin tables, short for thick tables).
• 1x Label Plate depending on your taste

Printing all necessary parts takes ~4h in total and uses ~85g of filament.

Assembly

1. Place the frame_body ~10cm inside of the plastic filament bag with the “legs” pointing towards the bottom of the bag. Make sure it’s level.
2. Flip the rim of the bag into the frame_body. Ensure that the bag is wrapped around the frame_body tightly everywhere.
3. Place the body with the bag into the frame_clip. There are 6 clips inside of the frame which should all snap in place.
4. Screw in the printed screw and attach it to your table (below the purge area)
5. Place your favorite label plate
6. Recycle filament instead of wasting it

Please post a picture of your amazing recycling dinosaur bin :)