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 ...

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 ...

In this video, I cut a plastic bottle into a strip and turn it into 3D printer filament using a homemade setup. #DIY ...

Learn how to recycle plastic bottles into usable 3D printer filament using simple tools and smart techniques. This step by ...

If you know that most soda bottles are made from PET plastic, you’ve probably thought about how you could make filament from them and have an endless supply of cheap printing material. [Mr3DPrint] ...

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 ...

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 ...

How Are Plastic Bottles Made? Plastics are made from oil or natural gas, which are made of molecules called hydrocarbons. When you heat hydrocarbons to very high temperatures, they break down into ...