3D Printing from Recycled Ocean Plastic

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3D Printing from Recycled Ocean Plastic is for better future.  PlasticBank.org has printed the world’s first 3D printing filament from recycled ocean plastic. The plastic from the shorelines of Alaska, the sorting, recycling and a successful print from HPDE which is a very difficult plastic type for 3D printing.

Selecting a hard to print but commonly found plastic type was an important part of the Plastic’s for Change program. The extruder technology was developed at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The Plastic Bank is turning plastic waste into a currency in developing countries.

A large part of The Plastic Bank’s life improvement program is to empower the world’s poor to become micro-recycling/manufacturing entrepreneurs by providing access to 3D printing. All Alaska footage was courtesy of Dudes on Media for National Geographic.

 

 

2 thoughts on “3D Printing from Recycled Ocean Plastic

    Christy B said:
    May 10, 2018 at 10:45 am

    This is incredible! Thumbs up :)

    babl responded:
    May 10, 2018 at 10:03 pm

    Thank you so much .:):)

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