Dimension Polymers crowdfunded their sustainable 3D printer filament. Image: Dimension Polymers By 2020, there will be more than 250 million pounds of plastic produced by 3D printers. Add that to the ...

In recent years, 3D printing has helped transform the face of manufacturing, leading some to call the technology a sign of the Third Industrial Revolution. Consumer-level printers are capable of ...

A new company called Refil is making Refilament, a plastic filament for 3D printers from recycled plastic products, including automotive dashboards. Refil was founded by the Rotterdam-based design ...

GEHR (Mannheim, Germany) a producer of thermoplastic semi-finished products globally, introduces Eco-Fil-A-Gehr, a novel wood-based filament designed for professional 3D printing with high dimensional ...

Most types of production create waste products that either end up in our air, oceans, or landfills. One lesser known contributor to this problem is beer manufacturing, which produces byproducts that ...

Typical recycling involves sending off your old cans, bottles, boxes and papers to be re-purposed somewhere far away, sight unseen. Terracycle and 3D Brooklyn allow you to determine what gets made ...

3D printers searching for a 100% recycled 3D printing filament may be interested in Nefilatek created by mechanical engineer Bastien lepoutre based in Montréal, Canada. The first filament developed by ...

While many view 3D printing as the future of fabrication, the technique uses a lot of plastic. One company, however, is trying to cut down on just how much plastic it uses. The company is called 3D ...

Mechanical engineer Anthony Prato has developed a new recycled 3D printing filament which is launched by Kickstarter this week to raise the funds required to take the plastic filament into large-scale ...

How many plastic spoons, knives, and forks do you think we throw away daily? [Stefan] noted that the compostable type is made from PLA, so why shouldn’t you be able to recycle it into 3D printing ...

On a steep road on the outskirts of Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico, a low buzz and plastic fumes emanate from a white house. A ribbed white paper tube snakes out of a window on the building, exhaling a ...

It should be apparent to most people that while plastics are great to design with, they’re hard on the environment. While the U.S. has started recycling programs, the amount of plastic produced every ...