It’s pretty wild how much plastic waste we generate, right? It feels like it’s everywhere. But what if we could actually use ...

Is it possible to recover plastic recyclates from previously unused waste streams in order to produce high-quality fibers and films? How can bio-based polymer fibers be manufactured so as to allow ...

The holiday season can bring an uptick in packaging, boxes, plastics and other recyclables. That's why it's important to know what you can leave out at the curb — and what you can't — and what ...

If you've been to the supermarket lately, you may have seen reverse vending machines stationed outside it. (Maybe they call them "bottle deposits" where you are.) It's a neat, convenient way to return ...

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 ...

The clothing used to test the machine is more than 1,000 items from a local Goodwill that were donated but didn’t sell. Every year, 11 million tons of textiles – clothing, towels, bedding and more – ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Time needed to manually break a dialysis machine into macro parts was 12 hours. Plastics were mostly a mix of ...

We’re probably all familiar with adding wood dust, hemp and carbon fibers to PLA filament, but there are so many other fillers one could add. During the completely unrelated recent heatwave in Germany ...

In this video, I share my progress in building an affordable 3D printer filament recycling setup—Part 6 of the series. After nearly a year of work, I successfully recycled failed 3D prints, supports, ...

On Tuesday, classic computer collector Joe Strosnider announced the availability of a new 3D-printer filament that replicates the iconic “Platinum” color scheme used in classic Macintosh computers ...