PETFusion 2.0, a PET Bottle Recycler that converts them into 3D printing filament, has launched onto Kickstarter and quickly met its funding goal.

Filament-based 3D printers are remarkably wasteful ... and you have a spool that should fit nearly any machine, and will accept any type of filament. The trick with this system is, of course ...

While the price of 3D printers has ... for those doing a lot of printing. This has led to some people looking to alternatives for standard filament, including recycling various forms of plastic.

Sunny Isais, a junior at Colony High School in Ontario, has developed a method for recycling plastic bottles into filament ...