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[luvmysuper]

Designed and printed this up today. Also plans to print this posted in

The great 3D Printing thread

@Nick Obermire I would stay away from Davinci/XYZ. A few years back, you could not beat them for their price point. And you can get some solid print quality with them. But some great machines have come out in the last few years that beat the pants off the Davinci's for less money. While...

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[Chango]

I only shave with a DE at work where I use a sharps shuttle from the ambulance

 

[T.Orso]

Mine is large for my needs, but it fits in the cupboard and I think it looks nice. If I never fill it I don’t need a replacement.

 

[Tanuki]

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I'm glad I got to see the donkey!

 

[Ron R]

This is what I have used for the last 4 years, (1/2 pint mason jam jar) and it allows me access to my spent blades for experimenting and easy to clean out every year and the magnetic altered business card holds a razor for next use.

Have some great shaves!

 

[Tirvine]

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10 years and only 4/5 full. Hopefully recyclable in my county.

Recycling is more than whether the materials are recyclable. They are sorted by hand. A human, moving as quickly as they can, will have to empty it and deal with the container and the now loose contents separately. Many recycling services avoid items as small as razor blades or bottle caps.

 

[FL shaver]

Recycling is more than whether the materials are recyclable. They are sorted by hand. A human, moving as quickly as they can, will have to empty it and deal with the container and the now loose contents separately. Many recycling services avoid items as small as razor blades or bottle caps.

Agreed. I am still searching for a good option. My waste collection company is pretty vague on the subject. It seems there are places that you can ship your used blades for recycling.

 

[Tirvine]

Agreed. I am still searching for a good option. My waste collection company is pretty vague on the subject. It seems there are places that you can ship your used blades for recycling.

I would love to know where! Maybe I ought to ask the Google.

 

[Tirvine]

I Googled razor blade recycling and was directed to Terracycle/Gillette. The information on the site pertained to recycling cartridges and disposables. So I asked them if they recycled DE blades. Here is their reply:
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Thank you for contacting us!

We can, however the blades inside would need to be wrapped securely for the safety of our warehouse staff.

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I am not entirely sure what it means.

 

[luvmysuper]

One would think that there would be a method to expedite decomposition by rusting so that the blades would simply be a homogenous clump of iron, thus not a hazard due to sharpness.

 

[Markozo]

Pop can for me
Emptied a pop can now it stores my used razorblades

 

[Scaramouche]

Just fill & toss....

 

[Hercule]

My dad used a small tin that the cheese came in for a Chef Boyardee pizza kit. Probably from the '60s. No lid, just an open tin on the shelf in the medicine cabinet.

 

[BobbyB]

Converted to a Sharps disposal today ($2.96 USD) at Wal-Mart. My old blade bank (see #2) was rusting through at the bottom.

I will never fill this up in my remaining lifetime.

 

[Rusty Blade]

Mine is large for my needs, but it fits in the cupboard and I think it looks nice. If I never fill it I don’t need a replacement.

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Just make sure you don't pour any on your pancakes.

 

[Rusty Blade]

Recycling is more than whether the materials are recyclable. They are sorted by hand. A human, moving as quickly as they can, will have to empty it and deal with the container and the now loose contents separately. Many recycling services avoid items as small as razor blades or bottle caps.

I dont see why you couldn't dig a hole in an inconspicuous part of the garden and plant them a foot under. They will eventually rust, corrode or rot over time. From the earth they came and to the earth they go. Better than sending them to landfill?

 

[Neilzebub]

I just cut a slot in an old Nutella jar, should last quite a while.

 

[Markozo]

I just cut a slot in an old Nutella jar, should last quite a while.

I like that better than my pop can

 

[Fred D]

Mine works well and never needs to be thrown out.

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Very nice.

 

[T.Orso]

Just make sure you don't pour any on your pancakes.

Pretty sure I am safe there. It goes clickety clack in an unsyruplike way, and it’s not in the usual syrup spot. I don’t think it would be easy to shake out a blade anyway.

Whew!