Most of us know corrugated plastic as the stuff lawn signs are made of. Using it in enclosure design isn’t a new idea (here’s a printer enclosure made entirely from it, and here is a CNC mill ...

A CNC router routs out wood, plastic stock and other soft materials using a computer controlled system that runs CAD/CAM or computer aided design / computer aided manufacturing software. These CNC ...

It’s a sound isolation enclosure for his mini CNC Router that doubles as furniture ... However, during general use while cutting plastic, the router is still quieter than his dishwasher.

Plastic welders can fix broken garden furniture, toys, kayaks, car bumpers, and many other items. In many cases, these welders will soon pay for themselves. Unlike glue repairs, which often crack ...

They were washed in with the tide, most likely from China or the US, thousands of miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which you ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Maybe this is the year to try Plastic Free July. The idea took root in Australia more than a decade ago, and in recent years it has been gaining popularity in the United States. It all began when ...

They can be found in industrial waste and beauty products or may form during the degradation of larger pieces of plastic waste. These plastic particles contain chemicals that can interrupt our ...

One formula definitely does not fit all when it comes to good glue for plastic DIY projects. Adhesives are chemically designed to work with certain materials. Wood glue, for example, is great for ...

"But the vast majority of plastics are not recycled." About 48 million tons of plastic waste is generated in the U.S. each year; only 5 to 6 percent of it is actually recycled, according to the ...

Plastic is all around us. Most of us use it every day. It’s a really useful material that has transformed all our lives, but unfortunately our used plastic is getting into the ocean. It can end ...