Circular Economy
Better Material Recapture, Reuse Through 3D Printing (Video #5)
3D printing helps to simplify both manufacturing of a product and material recapture at the end of its usable life. The key is having a plan at the beginning. More in this video, the last in our series on 3D Printing and the Circular Economy.
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How 3D Printing Changes Products in the Circular Economy (Video #4)
3D printing makes possible new and different consumer goods, but also changes the buyer's relationship to those goods. More in this video, part of our series on 3D Printing and the Circular Economy.
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More Sustainable Manufacturing Through 3D Printing (Video #3)
3D printing can support the circular economy by offering an alternative to centralized mass production. More in this video, part of our series on 3D Printing and the Circular Economy.
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How 3D Printing Enables More Sustainable Designs (Video #2)
The circular economy needs the lightweight, optimized and efficient designs that only 3D printing can provide. More in this video, part of our series on 3D Printing and the Circular Economy.
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3D Printing with Renewable Materials, Frugally Applied (Video #1)
Part of our 3D Printing and the Circular Economy series, this video explores the ways that AM supports more sustainable material choices.
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What Is the Circular Economy, and How Can 3D Printing Help? (Video)
What does it mean to be sustainable, to manufacture in a circular economy? And where does 3D printing fit? These questions and more answered in this video, the first of our 3D Printing and the Circular Economy series.
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Retraction Footwear Is the Sustainable Manufacturing Business of the Future
Retraction Footwear offers a new way of buying flip-flops that are made to suit each customer. But the company also represents a new way of thinking about production, in a circular economy loop that encompasses material, design, manufacturing, product and end-of-life.
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3D Printing Helps Close the Loop for Armor’s Circular Economy
Manufacturing 3D printing filament was first a way for Armor to recycle its own reclaimed plastic waste. But now, this business unit is helping to close the loop on sustainability for plastic 3D printed products.
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Sustainability’s Moment Is Additive Manufacturing’s Moment
The disruption needed by additive manufacturing closely mirrors that required to implement the circular economy. Both can be pursued simultaneously — and the right time is now.
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Additive Manufacturing Will Aid And Accelerate The Circular Economy
A circular economy links material, design, manufacturing, product and end-of-life in a continuous, sustainable loop. This special report illustrates the roles for 3D printing every step of the way.
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