I spotted some water bottles (pictured). I live in the Houston, Texas, area, and found them in my local grocery store. The website (primabottle.com) says that the bottles are made of 'ingeo' from Natureworks. Interestingly, I have been printing with PLA from Ultimachine, and they say that it is 'ingeo' from Natureworks. I think that these bottles may be made from PLA! Now I need to empty one and see if it reacts to heat like the PLA. fdavies https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,46680,46680#msg-46680 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:51:59 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,46680,46693#msg-46693 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,46680,46693#msg-46693 [www.youtube.com]

OT: fdavies: Sounds like a good idea. I believe recycling is one of the really strong points in favour of RepRap as a production method.
But even though something is made from PLA, how do we know if they mixed in something "nasty", as in something that makes it impossible to use in a RepRap?

http://reprap.org/wiki/Recycler
http://reprap.org/wiki/GranuleExtruder]]> Nudel General Sun, 30 May 2010 03:30:08 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,46680,46689#msg-46689 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,46680,46689#msg-46689 [www.youtube.com]]]> Greg Frost General Sun, 30 May 2010 01:53:22 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,46680,46680#msg-46680 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,46680,46680#msg-46680
The website (primabottle.com) says that the bottles are made of 'ingeo' from Natureworks. Interestingly, I have been printing with PLA from Ultimachine, and they say that it is 'ingeo' from Natureworks.

I think that these bottles may be made from PLA!

Now I need to empty one and see if it reacts to heat like the PLA.

fdavies]]> fdavies General Sat, 29 May 2010 22:35:03 -0400