UK startup Fishy Filaments turns old fishing nets into 3D printer filament

UK startup Fishy Filaments turns old fishing nets into 3D printer filament

“New ways in which 3D printing can be used to help out the environment are always welcome, and lessening the technology’s own environmental impact is something that will become more and more important in the years to come. A UK startup has an ingenious recycling idea that, to use a rather inappropriate metaphor, kills both of these birds with one stone. Fishy Filaments plans to repurpose used fishing nets as filament for 3D printers, and is currently raising funds to move its project from the initial research phase into a commercial operation…”

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http://www.3ders.org/articles/20170317-uk-startup-fishy-filaments-turns-old-fishing-nets-into-3d-printer-filament.html