Can I kidnap you guys and bring you to Wales? This is amazing, would love to be able to really recycle plastic into useful items
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Haha! Thank you 🤙🏽 give it a go for sure!
@welshreaperscrapandcasting4029
4 жыл бұрын
I agree with you missgroves
@ag-fn7ze
3 жыл бұрын
After that you're welcome to come to Ireland
@moozie2z
3 жыл бұрын
Dude, you guys even break down how to make your shelf. Y'all are seriously awesome.
@mattplummer3444
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Lads! I'm a DT teacher in Aus and are in the process of introducing an entire course of study in sustainability. Going to use you channel with my students. Keep it up!
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome! We hope they love it!
@msarora816
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thanks so much. I am a STEM teacher and setting up a makerspace right now. This is a fantastic idea! Please make more videos like this
@SoidHoid
2 жыл бұрын
Mustard bottle to dispense glue. Love it :) Your videos have been great for those of us who just want to do it at home. One Army is great and all, but their approach seems to cost thousands of dollars and lots of technical knowhow to get started. You've made it feel much more accessible, and I've gotten some great ideas for my garage recycling.
@amandasnider2644
4 жыл бұрын
I've been trying to sneak around my town at night before recycling day (in the morning) and steal plastic.
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Haha! Better to just get in contact with your neighbours and ask if they wouldn’t mind saving them for you!
@kendarr
4 жыл бұрын
The best place to find these in bulk are in car shops, the oil container is made out of these and there is plenty of colors
@rsauve999
3 жыл бұрын
@@kendarr How do you clean out the remaining oil out of the empty oil container??
@kendarr
3 жыл бұрын
@@rsauve999 a lot of water and good soap, usually lime soap, i can buy them in bars here. Wash what you can with it still in one piece, and then i cut it in half, and wash the halfs, i have a sponge just for that too, using that abrasive side, i know its clean when my finger dosen't slide on it and it smells nice lol
@susannah8342
3 жыл бұрын
@@kendarr you could also put it in the washing machine for good measure afterwards
@mysticmoth1111
2 жыл бұрын
That jig you made to cut the bottles is genius.
@BrothersMake
2 жыл бұрын
It took about 3 seconds to assemble!
@mysticmoth1111
2 жыл бұрын
@@BrothersMake Working smarter, not harder!
@FigmentsMade
4 жыл бұрын
That is such a satisfying-looking collection! Excellent!
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Always got to organise by colour!
@anneblakely3053
3 жыл бұрын
The tear at the end made it particularly excellent. Anne
@THEOGGUNSHOW
3 жыл бұрын
The washing machine trick 👌is genius
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers Tommy 🤙🏼
@Tinodzino
11 ай бұрын
great work, keep fighting to clean the environment in your creative ways. this is awesome.
@naewastestjohnsacademy401
4 жыл бұрын
Storage looks great. We found cleaning is really important with milk lids, or else smell develops after a couple of days. Thanks
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Yes absolutely! Mesh bags are your friends 👍🏼
@audreyakers9185
2 жыл бұрын
You guys have one of the most thought out engaging videos I’ve ever seen. So easy I’m seriously boutta start next paycheck
@EnriqueHaro
4 жыл бұрын
Nice! I love your videos and creativity using plastic. Here in Mexico, we collect the plastic bottle water lids and donate to organizations to pay for cancer treatments for kids.
@volkhen0
Жыл бұрын
Same in Poland. People collect lids and throw them into charity containers. I emptied my lids today. About 0.5kg collected.
@finnjuniperdenaro
3 жыл бұрын
You guys are so great =) What a pleasure to visit your well crafted channel ✊💛🌻
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@joaquin.giron07
3 жыл бұрын
Your channel and ideas are amazing guys. It would be nice seeing you recycling and reusing other materials, like PET, aluminium, cardboard, and so on. Writing to you from Argentina, a country with huge waste management problems. Ideas like these ones would help a lot.
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! We would like to try other materials at some point!
@Chris_Badger
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful job Brothers! I particularly liked the bottle lids rolling in at the start :)
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Haha thank you mate! We had extra help with that shot! 😉😂
@sammykerruish6460
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve been thinking of recycling items into something new recently and you guys have really motivated me to do it with these informative videos, love it❤️
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thanks :)
@Zincchromeshema
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! You're cute and creative and I love it! I have a large colorful bottle cap collection for a project I envision: an interactive, magnetize bottle cap mosaics.
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Lili! And that sounds awesome 😍
@ireneparker7731
4 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how talented you 2 are 🤩
@potatolord3500
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your incredibly well informed videos. I'm planning on trying my hand at making some small things out of HDPE myself. I've collected a bunch of bottle caps, and managed to sort the ones with the '2' in the triangle - but I've also found some which have the letter 'B' in a triangle. I'm in the UK too, I imagine you've come across these as well? Pepsi are so good at marking their regular black caps with a '2' but why not their red and gold ones????!!! So frustrating.
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment! we have come across the ones with the ‘B’ also. It’s very hard to tell what these are as they seems very similar to HDPE ♻️2 but could well be LDPE ♻️4. We never take the risk and mix different grades together. It is very frustrating when you have to put caps in the recycling bin because they aren’t well marked but it’s better to be safe than to risk ruining a whole batch of plastic! Good luck!
@BlackCat_2
4 жыл бұрын
Nice tips. I have a lot of HDPE myself. Containers and caps. My milk jugs are HDPE also as well as many other containers for things I routinely buy. Also the bags I take things home in are HDPE as well so I use them to store large containers. I get Nike shoe boxes from a friend which are great for storing cut up HDPE containers as well. - Heidi
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Great tips! Thanks Heidi
@iindium49
3 ай бұрын
You guys rock. I hope to be getting into plastics soon
@Everythings_Adjustable
4 жыл бұрын
Cool, reminds me of an old fashioned sweet shop 👍
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Haha true! Thanks
@volkhen0
Жыл бұрын
HDPE are collected by people in Poland and then dropped at heart shaped containers which are in from of shopping malls and churches. The profit from selling them goes to charity. Today I dropped a bag of them at one of these containers.
@mariemouniq7252
2 жыл бұрын
Guys you are great!
@offhandacoustic
2 жыл бұрын
To remove labels easily, fill the bottle with the hottest water you have and it softens the adhesive and often removes most of the adhesive with the label. I do this mainly with milk jugs and shampoo bottles as it cleans them as well as removing the labels. To remove any residuals of anything from a jug or container like dried milk or laundry soap, pour a cup of play sand and or pea gravel in the jug with the hottest water you have and shake it. You can add soap if you want. To remove stuff from lids, fill a five gallon bucket with the hottest water you have and get a drill and a paint stirring attachment and go to town. Add soap if needed. Rinse and repeat. Hope this helps someone.
@BrothersMake
2 жыл бұрын
Great tips! Thanks
@Ra1276
4 жыл бұрын
That's cool I make plastic waffles with hdpe...I like the rack
@andreaamplified
Жыл бұрын
Washing machine in mesh bags were my first thought! I have a sports park where I can see I am going to have endless caps in the sideline sand.
@FredMcIntyre
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff Guys! 😃👍🏻👍🏻👊🏻👊🏻
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Fred!
@kevinherreravargas3093
3 жыл бұрын
El mejor vídeo que pude ver en mi vida, gracias por compartir sus conocimientos y demostrarle a las personas y al mundo que hay más alternativas para el plástico
@Strukk100
4 жыл бұрын
Just discovered you today. You guys are genius
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! 😇😇
@JolienBrebels
4 жыл бұрын
Great video guys! Love to see more projects with HDPE plastics!
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@danielfisher1131
3 жыл бұрын
Do you have to use a mesh bag in the washing machine? Obviously it will take longer to empty without one. Thanks for a great Video!
@tishsmiddy71
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you 😊
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
😁😁
@tomellingworth7782
Жыл бұрын
Hi guys I’m fairly local to you and I help run a beaver and cubs group. I would like to encourage them to recycle so I was thinking of getting them to collect the plastic you can reuse and show them what’s possible with recycling 👍🏻
@BrothersMake
Жыл бұрын
Hey Tom. Interesting idea! Could you send us an email at hello@brothersmake.com and we’ll chat more 🤙🏽
@SixxisVI
Жыл бұрын
Any thoughts on using bottles to make "string/yarn/rope" and adding those to projects? Could show how yall create a jig to cut the bottles
@darreno9874
3 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work guys
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Darren 👌🏼
@bobbonham4823
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks guys.
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
No, thank you!
@summerofplastic1392
4 жыл бұрын
Great channel, I'll be sure to show some Patreon love. I believe that by washing the plastic in a washing machine you do end up leaking some microplastics into the water system. I don't know exactly how to get around this though. I recently read a research paper about using recycled plastic for 3D printing (my long term goal) and it sounded like they were using an ethanol soak and letting it evaporate. Maybe even just rinsing and water and letting evaporate would be better? Takes a while though. I'm planning to shred first before trying this method also. Thanks for your insights and efforts on this frontier.
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Hey! Thanks so much for your comment and feedback. Good points raised, if you still have it we'd love to see the research paper, sounds like an interesting read and definitely something for us to consider!
@weazeldark3983
2 жыл бұрын
U should make ur stored plastic into 3d printing filaments or glue stick rods Save space n everything
@lagartijatierna3892
4 жыл бұрын
Wow it's just what I needed You read my mind!!!!
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Glad we could help!
@crazyphrog6289
Жыл бұрын
This is awesome and you guys break it down so well so that anyone can do it. I was wondering about the methods to melt the plastic. Would putting it in a pot over a low heat work as well? I'm thinking large pot on the BBQ outside and just keep adding the plastic as it melts down.
@maxadrian
3 жыл бұрын
You two have really come a long way since I first started watching your videos. You have really developed. It's great to see. I'd like to see/hear a little bit more about how you setup the people to collect for you? For example the office buildings that you said were saving tops for you. Who did you need to talk to to get that started? Here in Portland Oregon we have The Rooster and also Nextdoor. I've had a tiny bit of luck with placing an ad on The Rooster asking for people to save their HDPE for me.
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! The majority of our lids that we get come from students at my school. I run competitions with them to see which tutor group can collect the most. With the office buildings and cafe’s we usually get contacted by them to see if we are interested in taking their lids. We use Facebook a lot and post in a lot of zero waste and eco groups and we get a lot of interest from there. Hope hay helps!
@maxadrian
3 жыл бұрын
@@BrothersMake Thank you for the great response. You guys ROCK!
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
🤟🏽🤟🏽
@Baldavier
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful storage! 4:50 - this reminds me of a thing i was trying to perfect making rope from PET bottles, but I could never get the blade or bottles to stay in the right place .... Not sure if you do requests but maybe you could have a crack at it? I was then going to weave the rope into a net to make a DIY hammock for all this beautiful weather we're having.... just a few thoughts! Great video, keep up the hard work
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
That’s really interesting. We’ll check it out. Thanks for watching!
@wayward_dom6865
4 жыл бұрын
Nice one chaps 😀👍 Just wondering , I cut up all the bottles that are HDPE, like shampoo, bleach etc.... Do you and do you have separate storage for it?
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
They will all end up organised by colour on this rack. However we have a big box that all the plastic goes into before we have time to cut up bigger bottles or sort them onto the rack. You can get some great colours from shampoo and soap bottles but they just take more time to process! 👍🏼👍🏼
@wayward_dom6865
4 жыл бұрын
@@BrothersMake The colours you get are pretty cool and you get some great combinations. I'm experimenting all the time with my small stash of HDPE.
@gabisdaddi
4 жыл бұрын
@@BrothersMake How do you cut your bottles? Bottles are where we get most of ours, not caps...
@mariemouniq7252
2 жыл бұрын
You are great!!
@Pronunciation101
Ай бұрын
I'd like to do some of these projects with my students, but I notice a lot of the caps they're bringing in have a slightly pliable "rubber" seal attached to the inside of the plastic. It feels like silicone. Any tips on how to remove this, or are the caps that have this extra seal not recyclable?
@Pricklysauce
4 жыл бұрын
Boys I have a very messy workshop that needs your love and attention to organising !!! x
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Haha, we’ll be right over!
@JohnMadeit
4 жыл бұрын
Great enjoyable video again and Lots of good info guys. 👍
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks John
@davidadams4614
3 жыл бұрын
Try making different types of school supplies or porker chips
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
We've actually had poker chips on our list for a while now 👌🏼
@monyche3315
4 жыл бұрын
¡ Genial idea, gracias!
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much!
@dedenavandy6078
Жыл бұрын
Wow amazing
@estefaniacolin9916
4 жыл бұрын
i love you guys
@kenchrisandre6973
4 жыл бұрын
You guys, Indonesi need to come here dude We have lot of plastics you need
@leahaf808
4 жыл бұрын
You guys are amazing ❤️
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@haleywhitehall7942
3 жыл бұрын
Great tips!
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@pruff5072
3 жыл бұрын
I bet you could melt the caps into flat discs for more efficient storage of the caps.
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
Possibly but that would take a LOT of work!
@janeannzarczynski1700
Жыл бұрын
Do you think if you were to place children wire in between two layers of hot plastic you could mold the plastic into a desired shape without the product being thick for stability?
@booyaa1851
4 жыл бұрын
Nice video guys👍 keep up the great content 👊
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! 👍🏼👍🏼
@ravinderkumaryadav8538
3 жыл бұрын
👍👍👏👏very nice & cool vedio🍺
@keithruss4279
4 жыл бұрын
laundry detergent bottles are a way to get "4" in large quantities
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Yep! Although don’t mix ♻️2 and ♻️4!
@jeffcarr392
4 жыл бұрын
Ok, I've not tried it myself, but I have seen others say LDPE & HDPE can be melted and mixed ????
@melanieallen8980
3 жыл бұрын
love it!!
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@aleksandryefremov
Жыл бұрын
Ups, I've dropped a comment!
@volkhen0
Жыл бұрын
Why use the bag in washing machine? Would the lids get in between the seals?
@blaztheturtle9019
Жыл бұрын
What can you do with plastic bottles besides using them for a container? can you make a video about that?
@madnessjones9996
Жыл бұрын
I have a question. Would using a top loader washing machine for washing the plastic be a bad idea? They have that spinning thing in the middle that side loaders don’t have, and I wonder if that makes it not safe for the washing machine.
@Diced420
2 жыл бұрын
Have you tried making stuff from UPVC windows ? I see thousands of them put in a skip each week
@richardhart7652
Жыл бұрын
Are Nescafé jar lids useable as they don't have the recycling logo or number on them, also can the actual milk bottles be used?
@janinepeck119
3 жыл бұрын
Very smart. Thank you 😁
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@mynamesnotimportant6941
4 жыл бұрын
I see you have a Marshal Does Stuff sticker :)
@phunkissartisticcreations2316
4 жыл бұрын
That's a great system for processing and storing the HDPE, we've done a lot of projects with recycled materials and you've inspired us to give HDPE a try. Thanks guys!
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Look forward to seeing what you guys come up with!
@yuliyakuzina7689
4 жыл бұрын
thanks for your tips guys! What about the silicon bits inside some lids? How to easy get rid of those? Thanks
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah you can’t use any lids that have those bits inside. We recycle them and move onto the next 👍🏼
@claytonmckinney8365
3 жыл бұрын
Are there other ways the kids are marked? I have looked under every lid an plastic bottle in my entire house an have only found 1 bottle with the 2 inside of the triangle. Please help me.
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe we’re lucky in the UK, about 80% of our lids are marked. You can tell them apart using a simple design test - this can be done using water of different levels of salinity. We want to do a video on this one day
@harambe1361
Жыл бұрын
Heya there- lim a huge fan of your recycling and i wanted to start myself. Theres some HDPE all around but im also running into alot of PP (5) do you not recommend melting this and reusing it again or is it possible to also use? :)
@memecentral2890
3 жыл бұрын
How do you dry the lids and stuff? Also what if there isn't a triangle with the number in it?
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
Either just in the sun, or drip-dry 👍🏽 if there’s no visible resin identification code, we done use it.
@pawmuhah2228
3 жыл бұрын
Can I use water bottle caps with milk bottle caps ?
@ag-fn7ze
3 жыл бұрын
You guys should really make a hdpe shelf
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
Nice idea!
@ApocalypticDreams666
3 жыл бұрын
Is it pretty much any plastic lid that can be used for this. I have started collecting lids cause I want to make a couple of fountain pens and clutch pencils. Normally I hate anything plastic cause it is plastic but if I can recycle some into something useful, that would be awesome. Thanks for the inspirational video
@Mr_Jonathan_Greer
Жыл бұрын
I love your videos. I have been wanting to try my hand at recycling plastic. I see that you all do alot of HDPE, but do you have any experience doing some of the other plastics? The plastic that seems to be easiest to find seems to be PETE. But I can't really find anything about recycling it
@Jaxon_chickenjoe9
Жыл бұрын
Q. You seem to use lids mostly. Why?
@helenabecerril8770
3 жыл бұрын
I loved your videos on HDPE, I've been colecting it recently and it's quite surprising that there ir HDPE in a lot of things but I'm a little confused on it too because I often can't find the HDPE logo in the lids of some specific products, sometimes they're there, sometimes they're not and it's the same product. What do you do about it?, what do you do with lids that don't have any logo on them?
@roxwyfe
4 жыл бұрын
Your stuff is amazing! I live in the US and the soda bottle lids here have the inner liner sort of molded into the lid rather than just popping out. Do you have any suggestions on how to easily remove these liners? I assume they shouldn't be used in melting the lids. Thanks.
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
These are incredibly difficult to remove and we haven’t found a solution to this unfortunately!
@TheBeowulf55
4 жыл бұрын
Hey guys great video I have a bunch of plastic bottles layign around that I didn't want to thrown in teh recycle bin or landfill but a lot of them are PET/PETE bottles with a "1" in the recycle logo. Is there a big difference between these two materials when melting? Thanks and great creative vids on plastics upcycles!
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment! PET/PETE is a thermoplastic, therefore recyclable. However I don’t think this process would work as it does with HDPE. But there for sure is a way it can be heated as broken down. Check out Precious Plastic 👍🏼
@TheBeowulf55
4 жыл бұрын
@@BrothersMake ah ok that makes sense thanks for the reply and recommendation further into the plastics rabbit hole I go😁
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
We fell down that hole about 3 years ago 😂
@matruthn.m.bassin
4 жыл бұрын
Very Kool channel boyzzz🤙🏽
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@robertm.9540
3 жыл бұрын
If i don’t see any number on plastic (australia lipton ice tea cups) how can i determine if it is HDPE).? Thx
@belac48621
4 жыл бұрын
Hey i haven't seen a video form you guys in a hot minute!
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
We try to get them out as quick as possible! The next one shouldn’t be too far away 👍🏼
@belac48621
4 жыл бұрын
@@BrothersMake awsome cant wait! You guys are so fun to watch.
@derekjulian9471
3 жыл бұрын
Are you able to melt down plastic that's been made brittle in the sun?
@k.chriscaldwell4141
2 жыл бұрын
Do you also r3cycle HDPE bottles as well?
@elliadzn4804
4 жыл бұрын
hi there , ive been collection many till now but i dont know how to recycle them or what can do can u help
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Check out our beginners guide to HDPE - that should answer your questions!
@elliadzn4804
4 жыл бұрын
@@BrothersMakethx alot
@chenli6557
3 жыл бұрын
I can not see the HDEP on the lid
@noraallies598
3 жыл бұрын
What do you guys do with the bottles that you take the caps from?
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
We don’t buy plastic bottles ourselves. The caps are donated from others
@periwinklenigel
3 жыл бұрын
Can the plastic be tossed in the dishwasher for it to be used for food?
@periwinklenigel
3 жыл бұрын
Not for eating, but for food safe bowls or plates?
@snailmail_art7836
2 жыл бұрын
Is there a way we can ship plastic to them?
@dinasantika6204
2 жыл бұрын
do you only use HDPE for recycling?
@WhiteSpotPirates
3 жыл бұрын
Cute little shelf! We just sorted through all our reds and greens of collected tabs from the beach and we were shocked to see how little of them actually were labeled (maybe 1/5th 😱). Some of them pretty much looked and felt like HDPE...so my questions is: do u only recycle the clearly labeled ones or do to also take a guess (I guess u must be pretty good at detecting different plastics by now with all ur experience). Or is the danger of contaminating the batch too high? Thanks a bunch, Nike #inmoceanforcleanoceans
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
It's such a pain isn't it! We actually only recycle them if they're clearly marked because as you say, we wouldn't want to contaminate the batch and therefore make that new product non-recyclable. There are a few ways out there of detecting them, check out our recent FAQ video where we go into this topic in a little more detail 😀
@I8fire
4 жыл бұрын
How do you get the wax seals out of bottle caps?
@BrothersMake
4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately this is very difficult to do, so we usually aren’t able to use those lids
@emilyjohnson3303
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been collecting plastic lids for a while and once I started sorting them I realized most of them don’t have the little recycling triangle on them with the number so I can’t figure out if they’re HDPE or not. Any tips on how to figure this out??! I’d love to start doing this but don’t know how to get around this problem!
@supastyles1
3 жыл бұрын
Do you offer the business anything for the 'trouble' of collecting them for you?
@BrothersMake
3 жыл бұрын
Only the knowledge that they’re doing something better than binning them 🤙🏽
@noel3698
Жыл бұрын
From Nigeria, have watch your video, and come to know through you that this cap are useful to something important, here, we waste it. Pls can you help me on here you began to a height you are now
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