The design uses solar panels to create electricity, elements (like those found in a toaster oven) to heat metal plates, and simple aluminum molds to reform durable plastic goods, such as buckets and crates made from polyethylene and polypropylene. The plastic is melted to prevent the formation of furans or dioxins. “We’re not about to tell someone, ‘Stop using plastic buckets to fetch water,'” Eriksen said. “But now we can say, ‘Don’t burn that broken bucket. We have a better idea.'”
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