Honestly wtf does the glue matter when people are going through plastic like it's nothing? Bringing up the glue is such a weird nitpick.

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ofrzeta 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

When the ratio is almost 1:1 it is a bit more than a nit.

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sleepybrett an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Why use glue at all, he should have done this using a 'stained glass' method. Build some kind of a frame for each area of color and then melt the filimant into it.

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isoprophlex 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Do nothing: 10 pounds of filament poop has go to the landfill.

Do this thing: 10 pounds of filament poop still exists, + 8 pounds of glue sticks (which is basically a thermoplastic) used, to create something that's eventually going to end up in a landfill.

Are you being deliberately obtuse?

Recycling or reuse is not as useful as just not creating waste in the first place.

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rz2k 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe it looks more amazing in person than in pictures. If not, and the point is a message about waste, then the 80% increase could be cast as part of the message.

Let’s say every month the artist repurposes the last pile of plastic with more glue. At the end of one year, the 10lbs would turn into 1100lbs. At the end of two years the original 10lbs would have turned into 1.3 million lbs of plastic waste. Surely that would frame a very powerful message about plastic waste and green washing misleading public policy.

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sudo_cowsay 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

So... don't 3D print anything?

	▲	tonyedgecombe 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Reduce, reuse, recycle.

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staplor 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

hot glue is a petrochemical just like plastic.

	▲	smith7018 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		They do make biodegradable hot glue [1] but it's still not perfect. It's biodegradable and certified compostable under industrial conditions but it still has a polymer base. It's also not ideal for projects that are always in UV light. https://www.poweradhesives.com/adhesives/tecbond-214b/
	▲	ofrzeta 12 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It is plastic, nothing else.