3D WASH: empowering developing communities with solar-powered 3D printing & recycled plastic

“Researchers from the Deakin University School of Engineering in Australia are developing a solar-powered 3D printing system that could be used in developing regions to additively manufacture plumbing and sanitation supplies out of plastic waste. The 3D printer project is part of a larger effort to find uses for the vast amounts of discarded plastics that pollute developing regions and to provide a clean water supply to the same communities…”

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http://www.3ders.org/articles/20170427-3d-wash-empowering-developing-communities-with-solar-powered-3d-printing-recycled-plastic.html