Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom – February 6th 2019 – UK 3D printing filament brand, Filamentive, is proud to announce the release of a 100% recycled plastic filament made from post-consumer PET plastic bottle waste, in partnership with Tridea.

With a focus on sustainability, Filamentive is committed to greatly reduce the environmental impact of plastic in 3D printing. With an existing product portfolio of recycled materials – declared in accordance with ISO 14021 – the release of ONE PET signifies a tangible effort to reduce post-consumer plastic waste. 

The release of ONE PET is the outcome of a partnership with like-minded Belgium recycling business, Tridea, whose mission is based on the premise that there is no such thing as waste. Their ambition is to create value from European plastic waste, by transforming it into filament. This is done by working together with local collectors, recyclers and manufacturers.  

“In a world where less than 10% of plastic is recycled and in an industry where plastic is the material feedstock, we feel it is our duty to prioritise the use of recycled materials, and by working with Tridea, we are now making progress towards reducing post-consumer waste which has a considerable lower recycling rate than post-industrial waste streams”.

Ravi Toor, Founder & Managing Director of Filamentive

“Tridea provides an innovative and wholly novel means of utilizing waste, allowing us to multiply the lifespan of consumables by considering its lifecycle pre-consumer-consumer-post-consumer.”

Philippe Merillet, CEO & co-founder of Tridea

In addition to the environmental benefit of being a 100% recycled material, ONE PET has been extensively tested for 3D printing applications – it is stiff and tough with excellent interlayer adhesion. Where regular PETg has a better impact resistance, ONE PET boasts superior technical properties such as tensile strength.

ONE PET – along with other Filamentive 3D printer filament products – can be found online via filamentive.com, via the UK distributor, 3DGBIRE, and also via a growing network of Global Resellers.The filament is also available in seven colours, in both 1.75mm and 2.85mm diameters.

Filamentive (https://www.filamentive.com/ – ravi@filamentive.com) is a market leader in sustainable 3D printing filaments. The company has experienced rapid growth and continues to address the questions surrounding 3D printing recycled materials. Its customers include a global network of makers, businesses and education clients.

Tridea (www.tridea.co – info@tridea.be) believes there is no such thing as waste! They have developed a 360° platform to transform your waste into useful objects. By working together they will be able to raise awareness around plastic waste, reduce your waste tonnage and transform your waste into cool and useful products that you can recycle and reuse.

UK 3D printing filament company Filamentive is certainly setting the standard for environmentally conscious AM products. Not only did the company recently issue a declaration of recycled content for its 3D printing materials, but it has now released a 100% recycled PET filament.

Though 3D printing is often billed as a more eco-conscious manufacturing process than other mass production methods (because it builds additively rather than subtractively), it still relies on the consumption of plastics and generates its fair share of plastic waste. Filamentive is acutely aware of this dilemma and is working to find solutions.

Its new material, ONE PET, is made entirely from post-consumer PET plastic bottles and demonstrates Filamentive’s commitment to making its business model as ecological as possible.

The filament was developed in collaboration with Tridea, a Belgian recycling business whose mission is to repurpose and reprocess waste into 3D printing filaments. The company works closely with local plastic collectors, recyclers and manufacturers to transform European plastic waste into usable filament.

Ravi Toor, the founder and managing director of Filamentive, said of the collaboration: “In a world where less than 10% of plastic is recycled and in an industry where plastic is the material feedstock, we feel it is our duty to prioritise the use of recycled materials, and by working with Tridea, we are now making progress towards reducing post-consumer waste which has a considerable lower recycling rate than post-industrial waste streams.”

In terms of its usability, the 100% recycled ONE PET filament has demonstrated good print qualities, including excellent layer adhesion, stiffness and toughness. Filamentive adds that the printed material does have less impact resistance than standard PETg, but has displayed a better tensile strength.

“Tridea provides an innovative and wholly novel means of utilizing waste, allowing us to multiply the lifespan of consumables by considering its lifecycle pre-consumer-consumer-post-consumer,” added Philippe Merillet, CEO & co-founder of Tridea.

ONE PET can be ordered from Filamentive (through its UK distributor 3DGBIRE) or from its various resellers. The filament, available in seven colours and in 1.75 or 2.85 mm diameters, is currently on sale for £19.99 per 750 g spool.