Standardized Scrap

Basics

• Referred to as Stanscrap
• A Standardization System for use of Scrap / Recycling / Upcycling
• Similar to what Open Source Low Tech uses
• Akin to how separating some types of metals and plastics makes sense for recycling, seperating these out of other waste streams may make sense
• For instance the Cardboard Tubes from paper towels may have more use being used as is, rather than being sent to Paper Recycling . Same thing for a Two Liter Bottle vs PET Regrind . It is easier to use the bottle (or many of them), than to Blow Mold something of a similar use case in many situations

Materials List

Beverage Cans

• Can be melted down like other Metal Scrap , but could also be used to produce crude tubes/pipes
  • See Solar Air Heater and some Rocket Stove designs
• Need to see if there are standardized sizes

(Glass) Bottles

• Can be washed and reused if in good condition
• If not could be used for Photo-Bioreactors
• They can be adapted to skylights (See Liter of Light )
• Finally can be ground into a standard Aggregate , Abrasive , and maybe even made into Glass Wool / Glass Fiber ?
• Could also be (melted and poured into larger sheets first if need be, then) broken and smoothed into sections for Mosaics and Backsplashes

Corrugated Containerboard

• "Cardboard"
• Any Standard Box Sizes?
• Also can just say "cut to 0.5 meter sheet" etc
• Can be cut by hand, via Dragknife, or with a Lasercutter
• Rigid, Lightweight, Insulative, and Common/Cheap

Liquid Packaging Board

• What "Juice Boxes" "Box Wine" and similar products use
• Essentially a semi-rigid, durable, waterproof/vaporproof, insulative textile
• Outside of seams may be comparable to Tyvek ?

Metal Scrap

• Reuse "as is" if possible for Offcuts
• If melted try and keep as "Pure" as possible
• Get makerspaces to have an X-Ray Florescence Gun for measuring scrap metal ingot compositions?
  • Granted not accessible until a company makes such a device, and/or a FLOSH design is made

Paper Towel / Toilet Paper Cardboard Tubes

• Look and see if there are standardized dimensions
• Can be used to an extent as Structural Tubing for low stress applications
• Could also be used as a (disposable?) core for those Fiber Reinforced Tubes on the machine that makes those (insert name here)

Plastic Bottles

• 1L and 2L "Soda Bottles" make pretty good, albeit low density, compressed air tanks
• They can also be used for Photo-Bioreactors
• They can be adapted to skylights (See Liter of Light )

Vulcanized Rubber Tyres

• Will exist nearly anywhere wheeled vehicles are common
• Is there a common standardized width?
• Need to document those standards
• Can be used as is for things like Roof Shingles , Shoes , Crash Barriers (like in F-1), as a bench/chair, as a Tyre Swing, or for Animal Agility Courses
  • ...And More
• Can be shredded into Rubber Mulch (Although may be some environmental risks with the usage of this)
• Can also be ground into Crumb Rubber , which can be used in a similar manner to Rubber Mulch , or mixed with a binder to make a spongey material (need to grab the specific name), or added to Asphalt Concrete to make Rubberized Asphalt which tends to be more durable
• Also VERY weatherproof

Wood / Wood Scrap

• Already common place, and standardized via standard wood shapes (2x4's and all that)
• Bamboo and on-site Engineered Wood Products may be an area to explore