A home recycling device that breaks down unwanted polyester clothing using papaya enzymes and waste cooking oil, transforming microplastic pollution into 3D printer filament. Inspired by pangolin scales' regenerative properties, ReType creates a circular economy where synthetic waste becomes raw material.
You drop an old polyester shirt into the device, watch it dissolve like cotton candy in water over 2 hours, then see a perfect spool of rainbow filament emerge—your trash literally becomes your next creation, tangible in your hands.
Papaya enzymes dissolve polyester at molecular level, turning solid fabric into liquid polymer soup.
Waste cooking oil acts as solvent, while proprietary filters remove dyes and contaminants.
Purified polymer gets extruded into standard 1.75mm filament, ready for your 3D printer.