The Lakes Area Precious Plastic Lab is hosting several events this summer where residents can come and learn about plastic waste and engage in some hands-on recycling and art.
The lab is a plastic recycling makerspace located in the Otter Tail County Recycling Center, which started in fall 2020 with a Changemaker grant from West Central Initiative. The Plastic Lab has a shredder, compression oven, extrusion machine and injection machine and molds that can be used to recycle waste plastic into objects like bowls, tiles, letters or art, according to an Otter Tail County news release.
The goal of Precious Plastic, a global community of recycling innovators, is to have people see plastic as a ‘precious’ resource instead of something disposable by making durable and beautiful objects out…
