MIT engineers turn plastic waste into strong building parts that could solve housing crisis and reduce environmental impact ...

The plastic bottle you just tossed in the recycling bin could provide structural support for your future house. MIT engineers are using recycled plastic to 3D print construction-grade beams, trusses, ...

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 ...

Discover the creative journey of transforming a plastic soda bottle into high-quality 3D printer filament. Watch as we prepare, cut, and feed the plastic into a homemade extruder, achieving a ...

This week, EKOCYCLE and 3D Systems (3DS) unveiled the EKOCYCLE CUBE — a 3D printer that upcycles post-consumer plastic bottles into items of your design. EDS says the Cube “is not just another tool ...

As enthusiasm grows for 3-D printers, so does a familiar complaint to just about everyone still living in a 2-D inkjet world: the maddeningly high cost and inefficiency of replacement cartridges.

We know this is a little complex—is it a plant that prints printers? Is it a printer that prints plastic?—but don’t worry, we’ll explain it to you. There are currently plant-based plastics, materials ...

This research was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/N024818/1). The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships ...