This is a big issue! 99% of the film used in 3D printing isn't recycled #3dprinting #podcast

7 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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Ian Peterman discusses a sustainability problem in 3D printing: 99% of filament used isn't recycled. Some suppliers like Filamentive are pushing back by using post-industrial rejected plastic and committing to high recycled content in their products.

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I came across a fact in a media article. So there's an interview with somebody in the industry and he said 99% of the filament we use in 3D printing is non-recycled. And that stood out to me as 3D printing is additive, you know, we're not subtracting material. Let's not say plastic is the problem, more so thinking linear— take, make, waste. So a lot of what we do is taking existing plastic, mostly post-industrial, pre-consumer materials, so plastic that has been Sort of rejected from a production process that would otherwise go to landfill. But we take that and use it as input material as filament. So Filamentive commits to high percentage recycled content in our 3D printing materials.