This sounds really awesome!! Looking forward to make some Marvins out of those old Audi’s and Volvo’s
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Great initiative! Makes me wonder, how about ABS waste material like supports and failed prints? Would be awesome if this could be send back and recycled for a small fee.
Really cool @! Go on with the good work!
I think that the idea of recycling is the way to go if we want to conserve this planet, but selling this product to such a high price is like turning back when you already started walking in the right direction. Has a consumer, for that price i prefer to buy a good PLA filament instead of a filament made from recycled materials.The point should be to sell at a lower price, since the company does not pay for the raw material, or even is payed to get rid of, and a way to incentivate people for a sustainable consume.
Then i have some questions about the toxic fumes that can result in the printing process.
Let me know if it works. I ordered a fairphone sleeve coupon but couldn’t find a printer nearby who could print it using sustainably produced filament.
Sounds like a valid point by @Creastudiostore
Though what I can imagine is that in the research for getting so far that recycled material is of a good enough quality time and money is spend making this a more expensive product. Maybe it needs more time to become cheaper, not sure though.
Good one to start a discussion 
Thank you for your comment. We have tested with several “free” raw materials, but the quality was not up to our standard. Therefore we are using very specific waste streams for which we do have to pay, however we can guarantee the same great quality over different batches. We have done a lot of research and testing to get to the point where we are now. Our current volumes are relatively expensive to produce, moreover recycling requires some extra steps in the production process like shredding. We are definitely challenging ourselves to lower prices, while offering a high quality product. At the same time we are challenging you as a maker, making the next industrial revolution a sustainable one by printing with refilament instead of ordinary filament.
I understand that you have spent time and money in research to achieve this product that can , in a certain way benefit the environment, but you have to understand the market laws. If the price is high, few people buy. If the price is low a lot of people will buy and the cost of production and research can be rapidly pay. Is your bet. When you say that the makers community should try to make the “next industrial revolution a sustainable one”, it’s a nonsense because it already is. PLA is a bioplastic, and this type of material is expected to make major contributions to environmental protection. Also, PLA can be shredded and extruded again, using the several home filament extruders like filabot,filastruder, EWE, etc. So, the recycling process can be done by almost every maker, with its own printing waste. The second point is the health security in using your filament. Do you have certificates that prove that it is not dangerous to bread the fumes produced by the printing process?
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