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It's too soon to call 3D printing a green technology

  • Written by Reid Lifset, Research Scholar, Resident Fellow in Industrial Ecology, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
It's too soon to call 3D printing a green technologyPrototype vehicle built with 3D printing – but is it green?Tim Gutowski, CC BY-ND

Over the past decade 3D printing has captured the imagination of the general public, engineers and environmental visionaries. It has been hailed as both a revolution in manufacturing and an opportunity for dramatic environmental improvement.

3D printing has two...

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