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| See [[Sustainability_Efforts#Transformative_Shower_System_Hybrid_Program_.28TSSHP.29|TSSHP]] below. | | See [[Sustainability_Efforts#Transformative_Shower_System_Hybrid_Program_.28TSSHP.29|TSSHP]] below. |
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| ==On-Site Mixed Plastics Recycling== | | ==On-Site Mixed-Plastic Recycling== |
| Cell Lead: The Eye<BR>
| | <I>Main Article:</I> [[Disorient_Plastic_Recycling|Disorient Plastic Recycling]]<BR> |
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| After all these years, words and good intents, we are still in what feels like the Stone Age of plastic recycling. A long-term solution demands that we break the table-to-landfill cycle and weave plastic recycling deep into our lives by turning it into a practice, a ritual.<BR>
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| ===Here's our plan===
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| 1. <b>Keep it simple</b>.<BR>
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| 1.1. <b>Use what's readily available</b>. The chosen recycling process should not require water, chemicals, additives, adhesives, or fillers. Ultimately, it should not require electricity either but we will probably use some electricity at the beginning to jumpstart the process.<BR>
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| 1.2. <b>Minimal pre-processing</b>. We need to find ways to make recycling entertaining and intellectually rewarding, in other words, we need to amplify its feel-good factor and make it viral. Developing a recycling practice should be as easy as possible with only minimal sorting, cleaning or pre-processing. There are arguments for pre-processing but at our stage of recycling (remember, we're in the Stone Age) we just need to keep it simple get started. We can get fancy later.<BR>
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| 2. <b>On-site, on-scale and self-reliant</b>. The transportation of discarded plastics accounts for a large part of plastic-related pollution. Ironically, current recycling strategies involve polluting the air further by shipping huge amounts of trash around the planet. Following our DIY ethos, plastics recycled by Disorient is not moved to another facility across the planet or even across the playa. It is reconfigured on site with a solution tailored to our problem.<BR>
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| 3. <b>Distributed</b>. To have a better chance to reduce our contribution to the landfill, plastic recycling needs to become easy, hyper-local and sexy. Based on point #2 above, the solution should be open-source and easily replicable by other individuals/camps/communities. The current centralized industrial solutions need to be balanced and possibly replaced with decentralized individual solutions. We need to address the problem where it happens: in everyone's backyard. Small solutions distributed widely.<BR>
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| 4. <b>Start with Disorient</b>. In recent years Disorient camp at Burning Man has welcomed about 230 campers per year. Our plan is to create a recycling system that will be able to address the mixed-plastics recycling needs of all our campers.
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| ===Shredding===
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| The first step of the process is to break-down plastic objects to be recycled into little chips. For this, we need a shredder.
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| ====Plastic Shredder====
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| We use a plastic shredder like [https://www.tokopedia.com/ppmachine/shredder-machine-mesin-pencacah-mesin-penghancur-precious-plastic?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=PDP-155063182-573675700-311022-contextual_image this one (Tokopedia, Indonesia)] or [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C9BZBL4S/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=A2UP4SV2PZJ5KZ&th=1 that one (Amazon, USA)] to turn mixed plastics into little chips.<BR>
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| The shredding part of the process requires more investment since the shredder itself is a relatively expensive piece of equipment [https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/High-powered-plastic-shredder-Injection-mouth_1600621913929.html starting around 1,000 USD] in Asia and [https://www.bing.com/shop?q=Plastic-Shredder-Machine-Granulator&FORM=SHOPTB around 2,000 USD] in the US.<BR>
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| Some US companies that provide industrial shredders (for reference only since we will start with a shredder smaller than the ones those companies provide): [https://www.lanrrymachinery.com/plastics-rubber-fibers-copper-cable-various-materials-granulator_p8.html Lanrryy Machinery], [https://try.franklinmiller.com/industrial-shredders/ Franklin Miller], [https://www.vecoplanllc.com/plastics-shredders Vecoplan]<BR>
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| We plan to start with a shredder rather than a granulator. [https://www.summitsystems.co.uk/knowledge-hub/granulator-vs-shredder-what-is-the-difference/ Granulator vs shredder: what is the difference?]<BR>
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| Example of plastic shredder at the Museum of Space Available, Bali, Indonesia, 2022:<BR>
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| [[File:20221003PlasticRecyclingSolution1.jpg|260px]] [[File:20221003PlasticRecyclingSolution2.jpg|260px]] [[File:20221003PlasticRecyclingSolution3.jpg|260px]]<BR>
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| ===Compressing===
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| Then we use a compressor with a mold to compress the plastic chips into bricks similar to [https://www.instructables.com/Plastic-Brick-Compressor/ this one] or [https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/block-making-machine-brick-Processing-Line_1600429100873.html?spm=a2700.galleryofferlist.normal_offer.d_image.3b662642dbEyFy that one] to create bricks following [https://www.byfusion.com this example].<BR>
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| Compression can be achieved with a simple car [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(device) jack]. The compression mold is a relatively affordable one-time investment. Using a 2 ton press will work ok. A 10 ton press will probably give better result. What happens if we use a 4000 ton press to create our plastic bricks?<BR>
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| Pressure equals heat. Solar heat can be used to soften/melt the plastic chips to help the compressing process. For instance we could leverage the heat stored by a large metal object such as a shipping container exposed to the sun to melt the shreds of plastic into metal molds. In the desert, we could also explore solar ovens.<BR>
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| ====Brick Compressor====
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| Examples of brick compressor and molds<BR>
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| [[File:BrickCompressor.jpg|193px]] [[File:BrickMold1.jpg|300px]] [[File:BrickMold2.jpg|300px]]<BR>
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| ====Human-powered recycling set====
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| Example of human-powered plastic shredder and brick compressor at Monsieur Spoon in Pererenan, Bali, Indonesia, August 2020:<BR>
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| [[File:2021PlasticRecyclingSolution1.jpg|390px]] [[File:2021PlasticRecyclingSolution2.jpg|390px]]<BR>
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| Although not our approach, here's a video of a radical experiment of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjqQ79wBDNU&feature=youtu.be melting mixed plastics] together.<BR>
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| ===Which new plastic objects do we need?===
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| Making objects out of plastic trash is neat but the question at the end of the recycling line is this: what kind of new plastic objects do we need? What objects are best positioned to gain the most from being made out of plastic? How do we avoid recycling the problem along with the plastic?<BR>
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| Disorient's goal is not only to become self-reliant when it comes to plastic recycling by recycling on-site (immediacy) but also to start using the resulting plastic bricks (and possibly other objects depending on the molds used during compression) as a component of our art installations. Creating [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing_filament 3D printing filaments] is a possible solution but requires specific types of plastics which means that we would need to add pre-processing steps to our plastic recycling. This is something that we are trying to avoid at the beginning.<BR>
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| It's somewhat comforting to know that when our recycled plastic objects become obsolete, we can throw them back into the shredder for another cycle.<BR>
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| None of this is new. What's new is to actually make it happen.<BR>
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| As part of Disorient Sustainability Efforts I have outlined a plan for recycling camp plastic waste.
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| If we decide to move forward with this project, the goal at D23 will be to process ALL camp plastic waste. We would send emails and print banners to explain the plastic recycling process to all campers and let them know where to bring their dry plastic waste on playa.
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| The first step of this recycling plan is to purchase the shredder. Shredder + shipping is $2000 before tax on Amazon.
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| https://www.amazon.com/INTBUYING-Plastic-Shredder-Machine-Granulator/dp/B07QF7ZF7R/ref=asc_df_B07QF7ZF7R?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=79920832006521&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583520391465960&th=1
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| The current plan is to ship the shredder to Simas (pending his approval) for testing at his facility before shipping to playa in the NYC container. Simas might also fabricate the compressor with which we will create the bricks from shredded plastic.
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| $3000 should allow us to start our own plastic recycling plant at D23.
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| ==Disorient Unplugged== | | ==Disorient Unplugged== |
| Further exploring sustainable options, Disorient Unplugged is a new type of Disorient [[Events|event]] that uses no electricity on site. Removing electricity from our practice is a challenge that forces us to rethink fundamental aspects of Disorient.<BR> | | Further exploring sustainable options, Disorient Unplugged is a new type of Disorient [[Events|event]] that uses no electricity on site. Removing electricity from our practice is a challenge that forces us to rethink fundamental aspects of Disorient.<BR> |
| Our first Disorient Unplugged event was [[Disorient_Bali_presents:_BURNING_MANTAP|Disorient presents: BURNING MANTAP]] in Bali in 2021.<BR> | | Our first Disorient Unplugged event was [[Burning_Mantap|Disorient presents: BURNING MANTAP]] in Bali in 2021.<BR> |
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