01Impact
Impact
These are goals for the whole project. Every count starts at 0 and goes up as the project runs.
02Counts
Where the counts stand
The bars show how close each goal is.
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People engaged
0 of about 60 people
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Volunteer hours
0 of about 555 hours
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Machines built
0 of 3 machines
No set target
Tracked and reported.
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Bottles collected
0 bottles
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Filament produced
0 metres
03Tracking
What we track
ReSpool tracks and reports four numbers. Here is where each one comes from.
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Step 1 of 6: Collect
Bottles collected
Bottles picked up at community cleanups. The team looks for clear PET #1 bottles, like water and pop bottles.
Other recyclables from a cleanup are sorted for proper disposal.
Counted in bottles
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Step 5 of 6: Form into filament
Filament produced
Clean, dry bottles are spiral-cut into one long ribbon. The ribbon is pulled through a heated nozzle on a Polyformer and comes out as round 1.75 mm filament on a spool.
A 2 L bottle gives about 20 m of filament. Roughly 300 m makes 1 kg.
Counted in metres
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Cleanups and events
People engaged
People who take part in ReSpool events, like community cleanups, the build-and-learn workshop and the final showcase.
Counted in people
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Cleanups and events
Volunteer hours
Time volunteers give to the project. Volunteer hours are tracked and can be confirmed.
Counted in hours
Machines built counts the Polyformer machines the team builds and runs. The goal is 3.
See all six stepsFor funders and press
The basics about ReSpool in one place, for anyone writing about the project.
- What it is
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A youth-led environmental project. ReSpool runs community cleanups that collect litter, with a focus on clear PET #1 plastic bottles like water and pop bottles.
Those bottles become 3D-printing filament on open-source machines called Polyformers, which the team builds and runs. The filament is printed into real objects, so a bottle picked up off the ground becomes something people can hold.
- Where
- Hamilton, Ontario
- Who
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A youth-led team.
- Brevan Dias Project Lead
- Katie Millington Events and Cleanups Lead
- Funding
- Funded by Ocean Wise's Ocean Action Grant, with support from Canada Service Corps.
- Planned events
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- 3 Community cleanups
- 1 Build-and-learn workshop
- 1 Final showcase
At the final showcase, printed objects are shown next to the bottles they came from.
Dates and places are on the Events page.
- Goals
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About 60 people engaged, about 555 volunteer hours and 3 machines built.
These are goals for the whole project. Every count starts at 0.
- Tracked
- Bottles collected, filament produced (in metres), people engaged and volunteer hours.
- Contact
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Email respool.ca@gmail.com
To volunteer, use the sign-up form on the Get involved page.