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 ...

Walk on almost any beach or look on the side of most roads and you’ll see the bottles, bags, and cast-off scraps of a polymeric alphabet soup – HDPE, PET, ABS, PP, PS. Municipal recycling programs ...

Dr. Kelley Donaghy and Dan Fougnier, graduate student, received a grant of $9,300 from the Society of Plastic Engineers to launch a 3D printer filament recycling and production pilot plant. The funds ...

In this video, I attempt to build an affordable filament recycling setup that allows anyone to turn wasted filament into usable 3D printer filament. This is the first of a series focused on recycling ...

Concept: The US-based polyolefins and biopolymer producing company Braskem has partnered with Vartega, a leading recycler of advanced materials to launch a 3D printing filament recycling program. The ...

Academic City University College has unveiled an innovative plastic recycling machine, dubbed Sustain City 2.0, as part of its Sustain City Project, contributing to national efforts to address the ...

BOTHELL, WA., 16 April 2015 – NASA has announced that its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program has selected Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (TUI) for award of a Phase II contract to develop a ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. & GOLDEN, Colo., May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Braskem (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK) (“Company”), the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas and leading ...

Is the minimal waste process creating too much waste? If we can recycle prints and other materials this way, it might lead to a revolution of decentralized recyclers. Growth in 3D printing marches on ...

Amherst Regional High School senior Elizabeth MacLeod and junior Liam Worgess recently presented concepts to the Regional School Committee for a community space, including this possible gazebo, that ...