3D printing makes it easy to go green in a number of ways, primarily in product creation. Tom and Tracy Hazzard look at how their past designed products could have been made with far less plastic in a more Earth friendly manner and showing how much plastic is wasted in traditional manufacturing methods. Even the United States Postal Service has a plan for 3D printing reducing their carbon footprint. Combined with more localized manufacturing, it's easy to go green with 3D printing. Listen to … [Read more...]
3D Printed Bird Nest Designs
One of the most unfortunate side effects of urban advancement has to be the continued disappearance of animal life from most of these spaces. But the 3D printing community is finding ways to bring the ecosystem back into balance by bringing animal life back into urban developments. Tom and Tracy Hazzard take a look at some designs for 3D printed nests created as part of a global initiative, The Printed Nest. Providing areas for birds to nest allows these animals to find comfortable … [Read more...]
3D Print Filament Recycling
While the idea that 3D printing produces significantly more waste than other kinds of plastic processing has been debunked—it's actually the other way around—that doesn't mean people should be complacent about the amount of waste they produce. Waste production paired with the rising costs of raw 3D print filament should be enough to get people to look to other methods of acquiring material for their 3D prints, specifically the idea of recycling. Tom and Tracy Hazzard take … [Read more...]