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A project log for RPSD: Recycled Plastic Skateboard Deck

Tackling plastic waste, democratizing access to skateboarding and proving to people what products made from waste can really do.

jason-knightJason Knight 10/23/2022 at 13:320 Comments

To make sure people are able to not only survive but thrive, from making decks, we have prepared a business kit. The kit includes a business plan, business model and financial calculations. These documents are provided in an editable format, with red text identifying where you need to fill in your own information.

We crunched the numbers and figured out the economic viability of making a living from recycled plastic skateboard deck production. These numbers are based on a 2-month trial production run. You can make 4 in an 8-hour work day, and 32 in a normal work week, with one day for other tasks, (posting, cleaning, maintenance etc). (This is with one mould and one extruder), if you have two moulds per extruder theoretically you can make 6 + decks per day.

You can download the kit here or find it in our project files section. 

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