<p>Is it possible to re-use ABS or PLA filament material from printed parts?</p>

<p>If so, what is the techniques to reform it?</p>

[{'answer_id': 67, 'author': 'Kevin Morse', 'author_id': 66, 'author_profile': 'https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/users/66', 'pm_score': 6, 'selected': True, 'text': '<p>There are a few options.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Machines are available which grind the used plastic into fine pieces, melt it down, and extrude it as filament to be reused. <a href="http://www.filabot.com/">Filabot</a> is perhaps the most well known.</li>\n<li>Depending on where you live the local recycling programs may accept PLA or ABS. They will then shred it and melt it down for reuse.</li>\n<li>PLA is bio-degradable so you can put it in the compost.</li>\n<li>I put scrap ABS in acetone which results in a slurry which can be used as a glue to attach ABS parts, fix cracks, and hold parts to the bed.</li>\n</ol>\n'}, {'answer_id': 4981, 'author': 'YetAnotherRandomUser', 'author_id': 5576, 'author_profile': 'https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/users/5576', 'pm_score': 3, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>If you\'re more interested in the recycling and reuse aspect than the re-print aspect, you could melt all the scrap filament onto a cookie sheet or into a bar (like in a bread ban).  You could then manually work the material, or use a CNC machine to carve out your next thing.</p>\n<p>This <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUR6_bQLU-E" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Youtube video</a> refers to HDPE, but the same concept will apply to other thermoplastics:</p>\n<p><div class="youtube-embed"><div>\r\n                <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kUR6_bQLU-E?start=0"></iframe>\r\n            </div></div></p>\n<p>This <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-HWrDMr0ks" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Youtube video</a> uses a cookie sheet and failed prints:</p>\n<p><div class="youtube-embed"><div>\r\n                <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G-HWrDMr0ks?start=0"></iframe>\r\n            </div></div></p>\n'}]
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