PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT BY MECHANICAL SHREDDER MACHINE

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

The plastic has become vital asset for humanity. Plastic have been used widely in both water and food packaging industries. Plastic waste is not homogeneous so special attention has to be taken for managing plastic waste. Plastic continue to threaten the quality of our land, water and air. More than 40% of this quantity is disposed unsafely. Unsafe disposal of plastic in rural areas is becoming prevalent and will come at massive cost to the rural ecology and economy. Plastic do not decompose at all; others could take up to 450 years to breakdown. Hence in our project we choose to design and development of the plastic shredder Machine. This machine is used for cutting the plastic in to small pieces, which are in irregular shaped flakes which can be fed in to extrusion machine where it can form filament and further used in 3D printing machine. Hence it reduces the dumping of waste plastic on earth’s environment. Our shredder project involves sharpened blades made up of case-hardened steel which shreds plastics.

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