Plastic is a remarkable material in many ways. Cheap, durable, and versatile, it is responsible for a large percentage of the modern world we live in. As we all know, though, it’s not without its ...

Most consumer 3D printers use “ink” made of colored plastic line. But despite the self-reliant and Earth-friendly bent of many 3D printing hobbyists, it’s surprisingly difficult to find 3D printing ...

Waste collectors make their living sifting through garbage and sorting out the recyclable materials. It’s a job that’s dangerous but critical for dealing with waste in developing regions, where there ...

Plastic waste is a big problem in our world today. It's important for makers who use 3D printing technology (which generates plastic objects) to consider the waste hierarchy paradigm. Here's the thing ...

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 ...

Here is another great recycle idea! How about use plastic from old bottles and transform it into filament for 3d printers?

A skipper will replace his nylon fishing net every 6 months, says Ian Falconer, and most of the time they're buried in a landfill or burned.

There are several 3D printing pens out there that use plastic filaments to create 3D structures that you can actually hold in your hands, one of them is the 3Doodler we spent time with back in January ...

Here is another great recycle idea! How about use plastic from old bottles and transform it into filament for 3d printers?

Two Saskatoon high-school students have started a non-profit that is turning is turning plastic waste into something useful. Sophia Lacroix and Kai Chen, Grade 11 students at Bishop James Mahoney High ...

Waste pickers will hopefully earn a better living through recycling. It’s hard to make a living as a waste picker. In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania–where most trash ends up illegally dumped–waste pickers ...

An open source project at Michigan Technological University can turn waste plastic into high-quality 3D printing filament. "RepRapable," as it's called, was designed and built by three students and ...