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Reply To: 3D printing and the enviroment #teamseas

November 3, 2021 at 5:04 pm #1691027

jamescutts

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I completly agree that large companies should have to accept returned used sprues, GW are the best placed having physical stores. How exactly that might work I guess needs identifying and would the offset of return shipping negate any impact?

I guess another challenge is how recycable are plastic sprues, I doubt they could be using again in the same process so would probably have to go into products using recycled material? Similar case for metal minis, the metal is perfectly recycable, thats how the material is used for casting but you do end up with various bits from spruegates here and there.

Interstingly when Victrix moved away from boxed packaging to plastic bags I think they stated the environmental impact being part of the reasoning. That potentiall makes sense, theres a lot of effort going into carboard, box production, printing and then for many the plastic wrapping (which is unecessary).