mermaid.initialize({ startOnLoad: true });</script><metacontent="Aron Petau"property=og:site_name><metacontent="Plastic Recycling - Aron Petau"property=og:title><metacontent=https://aron.petau.net/project/plastic-recycling/property=og:url><metacontent="A recycling system inspired by Precious Plastic, Filastruder, and Machine Learning"property=og:description><metacontent=https://aron.petau.net/processed_images/recycling_graphic.710321488767a33f.pngproperty=og:image><metacontent=en_USproperty=og:locale><body><headerid=site-nav><nav><ahref=#main-contenttabindex=0> Skip to Main Content </a><ul><liid=home><ahref=https://aron.petau.net><iclass=icon></i>Aron Petau</a><liclass=divider><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/project/>Projects</a><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/pages/contact/>Contact</a><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/pages/cv/>CV</a><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/pages/about/>About</a><liid=search><buttonclass=circleid=search-toggletitle=Search><iclass=icon></i></button><liid=language-switcher><detailsclass=closable><summaryclass=circletitle=Language><iclass=icon></i></summary><ul><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net//de/project/plastic-recycling/lang=de>Deutsch</a></ul></details><liid=theme-switcher><detailsclass=closable><summaryclass=circletitle=Theme><iclass=icon></i></summary><ul><li><buttontitle="Switch to Light Theme"class=circleid=theme-light><iclass=icon></i></button><li><buttontitle="Switch to Dark Theme"class=circleid=theme-dark><iclass=icon></i></button><li><buttontitle="Use System Theme"class=circleid=theme-system><iclass=icon></i></button></ul></details><liid=feed><detailsclass=closable><summaryclass=circletitle=Feed><iclass=icon></i></summary><ul><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/rss.xml>RSS</a><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/atom.xml>Atom</a></ul></details><liid=repo><aclass=circlehref=https://forgejo.petau.net/aron/awebsitetitle=Repository><iclass=icon></i></a></ul></nav><divid=search-container><labelclass=visually-hiddenfor=search-bar>Search</label><inputplaceholder="Search for…"autocomplete=offdisabledid=search-bartype=search><divid=search-results-container><divid=search-results></div></div></div></header><mainid=main-content><article><divid=banner-container><imgclass=full-bleedid=bannersrc=https://aron.petau.net/project/plastic-recycling/recycling_graphic.png></div><divid=heading><p><small><timedatetime=" 2019-03-19T00:00:00+00:00">Published on March 19, 2019</time><span> • </span><timedatetime=" 2025-04-15T00:00:00+00:00">Updated on April 15, 2025</time></small><h1>Plastic Recycling</h1><p><small><span>By Aron Petau</span><span> • </span><span>6 minutes read</span><span> • </span></small><ulclass=tags><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/3d-printing/>3D printing</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/arduino/>Arduino</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/linux/>Linux</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/automatic/>automatic</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/circular/>circular</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/cradle-to-cradle/>cradle-to-cradle</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/decentral/>decentral</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/democratic/>democratic</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/environment/>environment</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/filament/>filament</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/filastruder/>filastruder</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/master-thesis/>master thesis</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/ml/>ml</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/plastics/>plastics</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/precious-plastic/>precious plastic</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/private/>private</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/recycling/>recycling</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net