Discover how the Creality Filament Maker M1 and Shredder R1 transform discarded materials into usable filaments for 3D ...

The thrill of owning one of the best multicolor 3D printers has come at an unexpected price - overflowing bins of wasted filament and scrapped prints. Here are five machines that promise to turn ...

A report opens up the possibility that 3D printer waste could be put to good use. The report, published on TechExplore, describes a method of strengthening roadways. The concept is to change the ...

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 ...

Depending on the number of colors in your print job, it might take a bit of work to calibrate all the combinations. Two colors mean there will be two tests: A to B and B to A. But as you add more ...

One of the problems with using 3D printers is that support materials, failed parts, unnecessary test models, etc. tend to accumulate as waste. A device called ' ExtrudeX ' has been released that turns ...

Sunny Isais, a junior at Colony High School in Ontario, has developed a method for recycling plastic bottles into filament for 3D printers. Isais, who wants to study aerospace or mechanical ...

Imagine if you could recycle unsorted household waste like food residue, plastics, paper, cardboard and even dirty diapers into a climate-positive thermoplastic. Now imagine turning that material into ...

If you're in the market for a 3D printer, you'll find one here that fits your needs. The US Environmental Protection Agency reports that the US generated 35.7 million tons (roughly the weight of 17.8 ...

In this video, we explore recycling PLA waste from failed 3D prints and expired filament reels. Using an oven-safe silicone croc mold, we demonstrate how to create a recycled PLA croc keyring. This ...

Thermoplastics are great, because you can melt them down and reform them into whatever you like. This is ably demonstrated by [The Q] by recycling old soda bottles into usable 3D printer filament.