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Plastic wastes reborn as art wall clocks by PKNU students
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Plastic wastes reborn as art wall clocks by PKNU students
대외협력과 2022-07-27 230

'Upcycling waste plastic into an art wall clock', the challenge of youth

- PKNU students start a business with the idea of recycling filaments for 3D printers

Students, Park Jae-Beom (left) and Yang Ho-Yeol 

 

The creative challenge of youth who started a business with the idea of recycling filament residues generated from 3D printers is attracting public attention.

 

The story is about the students Park Jae-Beom (3rd-year student in electronic engineering) and Yang Ho-Yeol (4th-year student in marine biology) from the team PLOCK (plastic+clock), a startup club of Pukyong National University startup support team.

Their unique start-up item is the 'one and only art wall clock in the world' made by collecting filament plastic residues from the use of 3D printers.

 

Even though filaments for 3D printers are made of recyclable PLA (poly lactic acid), most of them are thrown away as general waste, so they started making business items with an upcycling (a concept upgraded from recycling, and refers to making products with new values from waste) concept.

 

First, they collected PLA plastic that was thrown away after printing by visiting places using 3D printers such as universities in the Busan area including Pukyong National University, makerspaces, and individuals. Eight institutions, including 3D printer educational institutions, have cooperated with these young people who take waste and upcycle it.

 

They sorted the PLA plastic pieces they collected by color, washed them, melted them, and printed them out with their own press machine to create a colorful wall clock with the texture and color of the plastic itself.

 

Park Jae-Beom said, "At first, we tried making chairs, flowerpots, stools, instead of watches, but through market research, we've come to realized that only when the item itself is attractive can consumers choose it and realize the meaning of upcycling, so I decided to make a wall clock as the final item."

 

Yang Ho-Yeol said, "This wall clock is 100% handmade, so each color and shape varies. We expect that it would receive enough attention from consumers, including youth who like unique items and are interested in interior design."

 

They plan to not only produce products, but also to officially release this product on the online funding site Wadiz on the 26th and officially register as an enterpreneur to start full-scale start-up activities.

<Pukyong Today>




An image of a wall clock made of waste plastic.