Nefilatek plans to convert Montreal waste into 3D printing filament -

Nefilatek wants to take waste materials and make 3D printing filament out of them. There are other laudable 3D printing initiatives out there already, including turning weed containers into limbs, taking HP MJF powder and turning it into filament, closed-loop systems and recycling PLA. Several firms now take PET or rPET and turn it into filament. Nefilatek’s angle is to turn to collected industrial waste materials and to turn those into filaments. The Montreal-based firm is buying recycled HIPS and ABD from Quebec based recycling center Exxel Polymer and is using them to make filaments. Much of the industrial polymer materials worldwide is recycled already. Commercial recycling firms are available that trade in regrind ABS, PC, and many other materials worldwide. These polymers are offered for sale all over the globe.