Environment
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UK 3D printing filament company Filamentive is certainly setting the standard for environmentally conscious AM products. Not only did the company recently issue a declaration of recycled content for its 3D printing materials, but it has now released a 100% recycled PET filament. Though 3D printing is often billed as…
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The rate at which the world’s oceans are filling with plastic is unsustainable. Every minute, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic reportedly enters the ocean, polluting the many ecosystems it contains. And though cleanup efforts do make small differences, the scale of the crisis makes it impossible to…
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UK-based filament producer Filamentive has released a declaration of recycled content for its products. The announcement comes in response to the globe’s climate crisis and plastic consumption and waste problem. The company, which sells a range of 3D printer filaments, says it is committed to using a high-percentage of recycled…
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Plastic consumption and plastic pollution are key contributors to the globe’s climate crisis. A non-renewable material, plastic has become a ubiquitous part of our day-to-day lives, as we buy products made of it and too frequently throw it away. As plastic continues to take its toll on our environment, it…
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Singapore-based construction 3D printing company Hamilton Labs has dedicated a portion of its work to the development and production of sanitation systems—such as household and community toilets—to improve public health in India. The company’s work, a response to the Indian government’s Swachh Bharat Mission (which translates to “Clean India Mission”),…
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Proponents of construction 3D printing say the technology could be disruptive in the industry, offering a more flexible and cost-friendly way to quickly construct housing. These benefits, along with the ability to construct buildings in remote locations (by working with local building materials), have apparently caught the attention of the…
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With all the excitement of Formnext, we missed an important date this week: November 19th, otherwise known as World Toilet Day. No, World Toilet Day isn’t akin to World Pancake Day, it is a real event organized by the United Nations as a call to action to overcome the world’s…
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In the summer of 2015, Edwin and Liesbeth were making dinner. When they tossed away another packaging, it was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Why is it now ‘worthless’? They emptied their trashcan and were confronted with their personal habits and widespread plastic consumption and waste. One thing lead…
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Recent conversations with key executives within HP Inc.’s 3D printing business have provided a close look at the company’s operations and planned-for disruption of the massive global manufacturing industry. In part one, a discussion with J. Scott Schiller, Global Head of Customer and Market Development at HP 3D Printing, afforded…
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Across the globe, a number of initiatives have been exploring the use of 3D printing to help preserve the delicate and quickly disappearing coral reefs. Now, in an exciting development, the world’s largest 3D printed coral reef has been submerged at Summer Island Maldives, a vacation resort on the Indian…
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