Cutting Board made from Recycled HDPE Plastic
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ส.ค. 2020
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In this video we turn a load of milk bottle tops and other recycled plastic we have been collecting into a fully functioning chopping board - we even included a juice groove! Something important to note is that the low melting temperature of HDPE means that this should not be used for anything hot, nor should it be used as a surface to rest hot saucepans on. However it is perfect for cutting fruit and vegetables etc. It shouldn't be dishwashed but is very easy to clean.
We are aware that there will be a lot of comments regarding the safety of using recycled plastic for items that come into contact with food. We have researched this fairly extensively and we are confident that our process is clean enough to produce food-grade HDPE: HDPE is a food-grade plastic, hence why it is used for milk bottles and packaging for other edible goods. This is most likely sourced from raw (or 'virgin') polymer which means that it has not gone through a recycling process. This issue with recycling plastic is that there are multiple avenues for the plastic to become contaminated. The 3 main ones being;
1) Remains from the previous content it was holding
2) Labels/residue left on the plastic itself
3) Potential 'burning' of the plastic, which introduces toxins (both as fumes and within the resulting plastic product itself)
We are very meticulous when it comes to the cleaning of our plastic. All plastic that we receive is hand-sorted to ensure it is indeed HDPE and that there are no non-plastic contaminants left on the plastic. We run the plastic through at least 3 sorting and cleaning cycles before we ever introduce it to heat. This covers (1) and (2). HDPE's burning point is anything over 180 degrees Celcius. We have had enough experience with melting this plastic to know when it has got too hot. We keep our over/grill at around 140-160 degrees, which never introduces any fumes or burning to any of the plastic. This covers (3).
The US Food and Drug Administration has recently (March 2020) approved recycled HDPE to be used for food and drink packaging providing the feedstock is food-grade and contaminant concentrations were below its “threshold of regulatory concern” (0.5 parts per billion or less in the food). [bit.ly/33F4Ueq]
If you are still concerned about the use of recycled HDPE for use with food then feel free to not use it yourself! We have done the research and have decided that we think it is safe based on our specific process.
This video is not telling you that you have to do this, rather it is showing you what is possible! If you enjoyed the video or learnt something new, please consider subscribing. Thanks!
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I really appreciate seeing how you were able to take plastic bottle caps and recycle them and make them into something useful... And then to see you further save the plastic shavings and recycle those too... I may not be able to make it but I would love to see more of that in this community here...🤔... Then again, everybody does start somewhere
Thanks for the video guys... Loved it!
Thanks so much!
What a beautiful work of art, but I'm wondering how many man hours is needed per cutting board? How much would it cost if I wanted to buy this particular board? Just curious.
Really nice job! How do you collect so many caps that you can sort them into colors?
They make it look so dang easy.. AMAZING work! Kudos to the both of you for thinking of this!!
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Me: (sees the thumbnails) plastic bottle caps! That should be easy!
Me: (sees his workshop and tools) never mind..
😂😂Same!
Lol same
We bought our sandwich press in a charity shop for £3 and the bottle jack press we built ourselves! Start small, but second hand and borrow from family/friends and your collection will soon grow!
well that is NOT "how to make" that is just a process shown
@@lowlight1063 not so hard to figure it out from the vid I think.. but you are kind of right in your way
This is one of the best recommendations on TH-cam. I bet you didn't search for this.
I mean c'mon this is brilliant.
Would it be possible for you guys to custom make one for me? Do you accept this sort of request?
I am looking for a cutting board at the moment and I love your work! What you did was amazing and recycling the plastic like this is great!
I did look up for ways to recycle and upcycle plastics and YES THIS IS BRILLIANT !!!!
Thanks so much!
And I'm afraid we're not currently selling our products, however we're looking to start at some point in the near future. So keep an eye out on our Instagram and we'll be sure to let everyone know when we do 😊🤙🏼
Agreeed.💚👍👍👍
No need to make....but these people need our appreciation....these projects are already running on large scale world wide....all we need is just purchase these products to support them and that's how we can help them to make our Earth Clean from plastic garbage....
This video makes me miss my shop man. In college I collected all the HDPE2 I could get my mits on. I made everything from a jointers mallet to doorstops out of that stuff to sell to make a little extra money. This is a great video!
Dude you should really think about selling some of your products I would love to buy recycled items
Thank you! We are thinking along these lines for the future!
@@BrothersMake if you'd like some input on what folks would like to buy, I'd love a recycled HDPE clipboard. I'm a teacher, and I love using one to be able to write when I'm standing up.
I'll second or third that. These are really cool. I could use a cutting board or a clipboard. You can make those infinity wallets. Pen blanks. Sooo many things. I'd definitely buy stuff.
Awesome idea!
@@fthurman You should check the Precious Plastic bazar ;)
I would love to make this but I don't have the equipments lol
Same. So many tools are needed!!!
So do i :'(
Same.. 😖😖
We bought our sandwich press in a charity shop for £3 and the bottle jack press we built ourselves! Start small, but second hand and borrow from family/friends and your collection will soon grow!
Agree!! :(
I have a rubbermaid cutting board from around 1977. I was thrilled to find another in a garage sale. I will never part with either one. They remind me very much of the cutting board you made. Same style, only smaller. Anyone who is lucky enough to get this cutting board from you will be very lucky if it's anything like mine. Washes great. It is easy to sanitize and is wonderful to cut on. Thanks for showing us this.
I really appreciate the fact that you collect all the bits you can for remelting and aren't just making piles of plastic sawdust to be disposed of.
When that plastic is melted all I could think of was "forbidden hard candy"
That's exactly what I thought! Forbidden hard candy
Plastics recycled rather than just being garbage .
How else you can serve the world better than this ?
Love you guys.
Start selling please would love to buy your all products.
Thank you so much!
Actually recycle means turning garbage into something useful.
The effort you give and time you give or the resources you are using (electricity, heat, gas etc.) must not be more than you cycled.
Simply math. If you use too many electricity just to make simple plastic board it might harm world more than plastic garbage.
Which is why there are factories and recycling cans around. They are ..... yea whatever. Good job ^^
@@KLeaTHeR i think rather than just turning negative we must learn to appreciate.
Using electricity to produce something out of waste is completely acceptable.
@@afreenahmed7401 I just calculated my effort to type here and tought it was waste and stopped. So I suggest same for u
@@KLeaTHeR what is free is worthless. So i hope you keep you free suggestions with yourself :)
From a long time ago I've been collecting,plastic material that goes into waste, but I've just made a pile of them,yet I couldn't find the perfect thing, I was really excited when I saw this,though I don't have the materials,but still the work you've done is really inspiring for me,you guys are doing great!good luck,I hope these act encourage others too.fighting!
That’s awesome! Definitely give it a go!
@@BrothersMake thanks, I'll try my best ☺️
@@BrothersMake thanks, I'll try my best ☺️
Excellent old-school carpentry work. Love the customs jigs etc. used in the video. Bravo!
Ngl when I first saw the thumbnail, I thought ya'll we're gonna turn the caps into apple slices 😂
😂🤦🏻♂️
Same😂
Relate 😂😂
Same
SAME HAHHA
Imagine countertops made out of this material! It would be like a less expensive colourful marble.
You forget and put a hot pot on it and there goes your counter
That would look so rad!
@@yasminelouati4416 once someone figures out the right kind of top-coat we're set
@@kateherr2893 in that case it would be so dope
@@yasminelouati4416 well a lot of people have plastic counter tops that melts or burn if it comes in contact with a hot pot.
Also, wood counters tips are on the opposite extremely sensitive to water, meaning you have to be super vigilant when you're cooking to not let water sit on the surface for more than like 30 minutes ish.
But I agree with you, with the right coat, it would be dope
Never thought of plastic as a viable medium to work with but y’all proved me wrong! Love the board
Thanks!
A really interesting concept! Years and years ago I saw a dude on telly make a whole bath using recycled plastic in a similar way.
I'd love to see this technique used for making larger pieces, like the top of a console table.
We plan to make bigger items this year! Stay tuned
😍 wouldn’t it be nice if people drop off their plastic waste to organizations the make products like this!
Definitely!
Yeah sure... Spending 3 or 4 hours to create this, using a workshop worth at least $5000. and sell the boards for 10 bucks ! You guys are not very good in math, hey ?
@@dawnpaoloabes8441 do you drink out of a plastic bottle? Or eat out of plastic bins? What about styrofoam for take out?
@@daltonx6177 dude you'd only need to buy drill bits for sanding and another for polishing its literally not that expensive to make
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that’s a damn fine looking cutting board 🖤🖤🖤
Thank you kindly 😊
I truly is, I’d like it bigger though!😁
Plastic recycling toxic get natural wood board
@@georgecarlinn6288 You didn't read the video description.
@@RobMacKendrick yeah still any kind,even food grade plastic is going release bi pHenols, even if under limits, why go through this DIY process when wood is natural safe easily available,
the sharp knife on this board over a period is going to release small particles of plastic, what an headache, same with wood too but that wouldn't be toxic atleast
I cant make the chopping board due to lack of tools but it has given me a few ideas for less refined and finished things. Very interesting thanks.
When I first started watching this I thought seriously - why? However, at the end of the video I got my answer. WOW!!!! It's amazing plus some, thank you for sharing and I have subscribed and rung the bell - this is simply beautiful. Thank you for sharing. 💙💙💙
You guys are great. Love seeing people reusing, repurposing, upcycling. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Thank you dude!
You could open a store with objects like this. They're very practical and look cool so it would encourage people to recycle more!
Plus with a store have a recycle drop off for lids and bottles ...wow
But it is really inefficent and only really small valume
@@Leicht_Sinn Exactly. Be far better for the environment to just send those caps to a large scale recycler and he can buy recycled plastic
But recycling plastic are not food safety
This is amazing work and love how you used non toxic materials to make this!
Plastics are non toxic?😂
@@kindercannon2280 🙄 did you not read anything? HDPE plastics are nontoxic
@@Dragionex29 “There is evidence indicating that phthalates can leach from PET and HDPE bottles into their contents.” I have a high degree of uncertainty to any claims that ANY plastic is completely non-toxic.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5848201/#:~:text=Different%20kinds%20of%20acidic%20liquids,HDPE%20bottles%20into%20their%20contents.
@@kindercannon2280 yeah I read that too 🤦♀️😂 but he made a cutting board out of it. They're referring to drink bottles sitting out in heat, somewhat, hoping to warn others the damage it can cause due to it leaking inside the bottle. But ur not wrong!
Ya tengo las ganas, ahora sólo me falta TODO LO DEMÁS! excelente trabajo 😻
...пока будешь искать всё остальное, пропадёт желание!!!
XD?
Just watched this video, first time I've seen any of your videos. Absolutely cracking mate. Think what your doing is great, turning waste into something usable, helping the environment by recycling what would have ended in landfill. Absolute art the way it turned out.
Thank you so much for watching and recognising our work! 🤙🏽🤩
I feel so stupid I looked at the thumbnail for like 30 seconds being like “how did they make bottle caps into apple slices..?” Smfh
😂😂
Me when I saw the thumbnail lmao
Ha ha ha...hillarious
Omg same😂
Now I don't feel so alone in this whole planet😂😂😂😂
The cutting came out great, love how you upcycled bottle caps to make the cutting, truly amazing
Thank you!
Absolutly awesome. A lot of tools and a lot of work. Not for everyone, but @ true work of art. What beautiful cabinet doors they would makr. ❤
We need more people like you in this polluted world.
Kudos to you dude
Türk müsün?
You just do not imagine how much electricity it took to create this board. And guess how this connects to pollution? If you want less pollution you should stop using electricity. NOW! = )
@@enosunim I know right. You want an eco cutting board, chop your food on a piece of wood (old school), or recycled glass, or a stone tile. Looks cool though.
Beautiful. I'd be saying to my wife "don't you dare use a knife on that"
Haha!
Right!
Yeah I was thinking the same ... but then when he used the heat gun to patch the imperfection, I thought ‘that’s so obvious to repair the cuts in the plastic cutting boards we already have’.
Great video too guys.
I have been looking for a while for an idea of something to do with residential plastic waste, we have so much…this idea is genius. You can even sale it!!!
Que trabalho lindo! Um material que seria descartado prejudicando a natureza tão bem aproveitado. Parabéns!
I don't know what to say.. this is the most creative, innovative and finest cutting board I have ever seen in my life!
It's mind blowing. th-cam.com/video/_vJB5yRMTgg/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for watching! If you're worried about whether or not HDPE can be used for food use, check out our thoughts in the description 🤙🏽 If you liked the video, let us know! If you disliked it, feel free to let us know that too! See you on the next one ♻️
Thanks for the info in the description.
Our milk bottle caps don't have a #2 recycling symbol. Are you confident enough, by any chance, that all milk bottle caps are #2?
By the way, how do you thoroughly wash the plastic of food residues? Just hand wash the way that you wash your dishes?
Hello Eugene, if the milk bottle is plastic itself, both the milk bottle and its cap are made out of HDPE.
I am not sure about UHT milk carton lids though.
I hope that helps?
Where do you live? You could send the milk company an email asking what material they use to make their lids?
EDIT: By the way, if it is a milk bottle and the milk has not gone rancid, rising it out with water should be sufficient.
@@IsaKocoglu thank you for all the info. I'm from BC, Canada.
HDPE is food safe. Milk jugs, laundry detergent jugs, and the hated plastic shopping bags. Big Brother is stealing the shopping bag option because 'we' are too lazy to properly recycle them. That's why I'm stockpiling them in 28L hardware store buckets and plastic coffee cans. Now to get my shed decluttered and organized for some making.
Yes, I have some cut up milk jugs too. That's why the shed needs organized.
@@eugenetswong, you are most welcome. I am sure that Canada would use HDPE for their milk bottles, and bottle caps. I am from Australia, and we use HDPE for all our milk bottles. Just the UHT milk cartons' lids, I am not sure about.
Also, the HDPE bottles are never clear like PET bottles. PET bottles are the clear ones that Coca Cola, Pepsi, and the sort use to bottle their beverages. Mind you, they are low opacity, but not totally clear, like a glass bottle would be. I hope that makes things clearer.
Lol, I thought he would make apples out of bottle caps.
Thank god, I am not the only one.
This is very, very stupid of you to think something like this.
Me too! 😂
Same bro
Same lol i was like wtf
I love how you sanded everything twice
♻️♻️♻️ V e r y n i c e ♻️♻️♻️
T h a n k Y o u !
OH WOW!!! That was so genius on how you used the aluminum angles to route out the juice groove. I'm definitely using that trick. The board came out great fellas.
Thanks so much dude 🤙🏽
Juice groove. Is that what it is. I thought it was purely decorative 🙈😂
Thank you for uploading this video clip looks awesome Florida USA 😊Culinary Chef 👍👍🙏🙏
Sos un crack hermano. Saludos desde Argentina.
Te deseo lo mejor
Does this release any toxic fumes when you melt the plastic? Otherwise it looks amazing
Thanks! And no HDPE doesn't give off any fumes when melting so long as you don't burn it - we tend to melt it at around 150-160 degrees celcius, the burning point is around 180 👌🏼
Brothers Make thanks for clarifying. It actually got me worried 🤣
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I was wondering about the same and If there is toxic in the plastic that could get into food?
@@anetteseip8757 Especially if you put something hot on top of it, etc. like before you slice into it, or etc.
One recomendation.
You have to use a epoxi or varnish coat compatible with food (no toxic)
When you cut food with the time you could have a small toxic plastic particles and that's no good :S
Wihtout this, very very good work, congratulations.
Buenísimo te felicito por el conocimiento
this is so satisfying to watch, specially watching caps that are normally thrown away to be reused in such a way. Thank you for showing us the process!! It's very satisfying and great to watch :D
We're so glad you enjoyed the video - thanks for your comment! 😊 💚
I am amazed - - creating something beautiful out of plastic that will end up in a landfill or ocean. Tremendous!!! 🙌
Thanks for the kind words Crystal! 😊
Bah que legal esse trabalho!
Ficou lindo!
Ótima forma de reciclar!
Parabéns!👏👏👏👏
Brilliant upcycling. Make sure you execute the job within areas full of wall openings, good ventalition is needed, just like drawing with oil painting
Essa é uma ideia das mais inteligentes! Amei.
I like how all the shavings and trimmings can be used to make other things in future projects! Way to set the bar!
For sure!! Thanks
So very pretty! And useful! And that was an excellent tip for how to deal with bubbles.
Thanks Sharon! You should try this out
Me imagino que ya las están comercializando porque con toda esa herramienta es posible... 👏👏👏
I don't even cut vegetables but I feel like buying it.. lol 😆
See title , omg, im so excited to learn and try it out, recycle got a new meaning!! . Few minutes into the video , nevermind ~~
When people nowadays are so creative and talented and a crafty genius...amazing...i do wish i have that skill of creativity too...haha..God is trully amazing for giving you this gift...amazing...
Thank you!
AMAZING!!!!!Thank you for sharing!
Really glad you enjoyed it!
I'd love to make some of these, but I need to know how long to put them in the oven & for how long. Thanks!
Great idea!
INCREIBLE, ME ENCANTA
Beautiful
If I ever get those lovely powertools maybe I will have a go.
This channel is quickly becoming known as the HDPE goto channel, before we know it you're going to be turning this stuff into the wire for using on 3D printer's etc 😀 👍.
Haha! I think that’s entirely possible. Although not sure HDPE is well suited for filament. May be wrong there though
@@BrothersMake you never know until you try!!
Plastic for 3D printers needs to flow really well and cool down really fast. I don't think HDPE does either of those.
I’m ready to buy it. It’s beautiful!
This is amazing, and so fascinating to watch.
Please keep doing this! It's an excellent recycling product! 💯👏💯👏
Thanks!
awesome, love renewable stuffs. Keep it up.
Thanks!!
How many of you thought this TH-camr is converting bottle caps into apple slices
For a sec my mind went there 😂
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Parabéns, otimo trabalho
Alucinante. Un sueño tener todas esas herramientas☺️
Linda parabéns ❤❤🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
This is a good idea guys! It is ok when you made your own cutting boards for food at home, you are free to do what ever you want.
But in plastic industry when you speak of food contacts products, it means plastics who are going to be used in food industry or cooking, the plastics materials used or piece made (example cutting boards) have to respect standards of food contacts and it is even more strict if you use 100% recycled plastics.
Not a lot of companies have the process to create food contact recycled plastics materials because it expensive and long process.
It's a shame to be locked that much but regarding the health of people in food industry it is way too important.
Nice job of conception 👍
Luckily, we aren’t making these at industry level. But if you want to hear our thoughts on food safety you can check the description 🤙🏽
good job your saving the world👍☺
This is just brilliant. Such Innovations are the need of the hour. Kudos guys. 👍🏼
Thanks so much, Raj!
@@BrothersMake Looking forward to more such videos and probably with easily feasible tools. 😂❤️
I hope your lungs are fine after melting all this plastic. Excellent job.
He’s probably wearing safety equipment
the lids of the bottles won't affect your lungs whether you melt them in low temperatures
HDPE is nontoxic 😊
This TH-cam is such a stupid to melt plastic
@@Loyannelima but cutting vegetables on them will lead to small plastic particles going into body.
Apply sense
This is such a great idea. I've been thinking about starting a plastic recycled utility business. How much would you say is required to get started, all equipment included?
I don't know about the price in your region but in indonesia, it cost about 200 million (+- 170 hundred US dollar) for the equipment such as extruder, pressing machine etc, notincluded safety prop (gas mask etc) and land and building cost but if you like us who build it in garage, well the cost should be minimum.
Вообще-то шикарный материал, с такой тщательной обработкой он достоин стать бижутерией.
Tremendo gracias por darme una idea con el plástico que tanto estaa destruyendo el océano 🤙
Please be safe while doing these
Appreciated ur hardwork
HDPE is safe to melt as long as you stick to specific temperature. And thanks!
Ótima idéia!
Mas o plástico das tampinhas não faz mal à saúde?
Keep it up nice job
Maravilhoso!!!Parabéns.
Beautiful, extremely beautiful
Thank you!
I love your content. It's very thoughtful of you to do this and actually use them.
Do you have a store we can buy these stuff off of? If yes, it'd be so awesome ❤️
Thank you! www.brothersmake.com/shop
Remind me so much of my brother who has his workshop in his garage and has a great passion for woodwork and makes one of the amazing handcrafted coasters chopping boards et cetera I’m sure you’re enjoying your hobby have a super time good luck for more creativity God bless you are not wearing gloves by the way in protecting your hands
That's lovely to hear - thanks Nirupa! And don't worry, we wear all of our PPE 😊
From trash to treasure. Truly a work of art!
Thank you!!
make an ipad pro 12.9' cover, that would be great.
You guys should take donations from people’s recycling and make these for commission !!
Yeah definitely i would donate. I would like one of these and knowing its not going into the landfill is awesome.
Bravo, très bonne idée de recyclage et création 👍
Such a great way to reuse plastic caps especially so many single use water bottles.
Dedication! That wasn’t a quick and easy process. Love the end result.
Nope! But worth it
@@BrothersMake How long did this particular project take?
i thought it was about how to transform plastic caps to sliced apples-
Same😂
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Same lol
It's really inspire the children to collect plastic and they were interested to do like this
Awesome up cycling! I don't have a tools to make such a finished piece but I would buy this board.
Thank you!
That looked Amazing!! How much plastic did you need for this as I would like to make my own one for myself? 10/10 guys!!!
do you know what kinds of glue, if any, adhere to hdpe? I was thinking that it would be cool to make an hdpe blank, and turn it on the leathe to make beefier handles for metal crochet hooks and knitting needles so that folks with hand/gripping issues could continue crafting. Is that something you'd be up for giving a try?
HDPE is renowned for not sticking to anything! Apparently there are specialist glues that can possibly glue ethylene-based polymers together but we have not tested these, mainly due to their cost! But we have turned HDPE on the lathe before - it turns beautifully!
Men, this is absolutely brilliant
Interesting video! Very informative description! Good looking product!Hope you get good sales from customers with brains!
Wish I had the shop, tools, and skills for this. Wonderful work! 👏❤️
Me Looking Thumbnail :
"Yes😀 I can make it👍...."
BUT..
After Full Video :
"Ok i will buy it from the market 🤗😌😌"
Wow,excellent job!! What a beautiful cutting board!!
Thank you!
He has great machines🤗 lot of work