In recent times, the issue of plastic recycling has become one of the leading issues of
environmental protection and waste management. Polymer materials have been found an …

The rapid technical evolution of additive manufacturing (AM) enables a new path to a
circular economy using distributed recycling and production. This concept of Distributed …

This article is a short review of the circular material economy and recycling in the additive
manufacturing (AM) of polymers. In the recent years, there has been a surge regarding the …

Abstract Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) threatens to overwhelm our medical
infrastructure at the regional level causing spikes in mortality rates because of shortages of …

Abstract 3D printing functional parts with known mechanical properties is challenging using
variable open source 3D printers. This study investigates the mechanical properties of 3D …

Nowadays, the low recycling rate of polymers is still a challenge to humankind due to
energy, economic and logistical issues. In the context of additive manufacturing, there is an …

Recent research and initiatives increasingly propose a new approach, based on distributed
plastic recycling for open-source (OS) 3D printing technologies, as a way to deal with the …

Fused particle fabrication (FPF)(or fused granular fabrication (FGF)) has potential for
increasing recycled polymers in 3-D printing. Here, the open source Gigabot X is used to …

A promising method of enhancing the circular economy is distributed plastic recycling. In this
study plastic waste is upcycled into 3-D printing filament with a recyclebot, which is an open …

With the 26% annual growth rate of additive manufacturing, especially in the area of 3D
polymer printing, the amount of waste is increasing at a rapid rate. Limited research in the …