Fighting Poverty with Fair-Trade Plastic (IMAGE)

Michigan Technological University

Fighting Poverty with Fair-Trade Plastic

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Michigan Tech's Joshua Pearce printed this DremelFuge chuck using 3-D filament derived from discarded plastic milk jugs. Now he has developed ethical filament standards, both to encourage more recycling of plastic trash and to raise the standard of living for waste pickers who collect it.

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Sarah Bird/Michigan Technological University

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