How can 3D printing make the economy more circular?

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How can3D printingmake the

economy more circular ?

What’s theCircular Economy?

What’s the circular

economy ?

See our presentation

What is 3D printing ?

3D printing is an additive process,where successive layers of material are laid down in different shapes.

After creating the form on a computer, the printer makes the form the same way the traditionnal printer prints on a regular sheet of paper.

What is 3D printing ?

How does it work?

The printing is madelayer by layer

*there are other processes but we won’t talk about them here

Any object can be created on a computer, and then be shared

and printed anywhere.

A preview of Thingiverse

One printer can makean entire object*

Open Reflex by Léo Marius

*here only the lense part was not printed.

The printing can be made in plastic, cement, gypsum, ceramic, metal, carbon fiber, sugar...

(the list is still growing...)

plastic cement

Voronoi Vase by Dizingof Lunar base printing by NASA

"The Hidden" a vase printed in 3D - photo Reuters

How can3D printing

makethe economy

more circular?(in other words, using less energy

without generating waste)

The printing is madelayer by layer

Only what’s necessaryis printed.

3D printing enables «zero waste»

production from the beginning.

«3D printing gives us the ability to build layer by layer, it even gives us the ability to think about putting a layer of one material, a layer of another material, like Nature does.»Janyne Benyus - founder of Biomimicry 3.8

Any object can be created on a computer, and then be shared

and printed anywhere.

No more warehouse and transportation cost.

Open Reflex par Léo Marius

It requiresless ressources.

One printer can makean entire object*

There will be more and morelocal and biosourced filaments

(no oil, no water needed to make the filament)

The Seaweed filament is exclusively based on black seaweed.

Reusing material will be much easier.

Endless by Dirk Vander Kooij.Furniture printed with recovered plastics from old refrigerators

What can it changefor business?

Dentelle by Samuel Bernier

Instead of selling an object,a designer or a brand will sell

its printing plans.

Dentelle by Samuel Bernier

- no more transportation

- production on demand

Instead of selling an object,a designer or a brand will sell

its printing plans.

A brand can print a personnalised product.

In the US, Nike or New Balance print on demand & personalized soles for their athlete shoes.

- personnalised product

In the US, Nike or New Balance print on demand & personalized soles for their athlete shoes.

A brand can print a personnalised product.

In workshops, people will be able to fix their objects by printing the

missing or broken part.

In Leroy Merlin Angers, the Atelier enables their customers to fix their objects.In Leroy Merlin Angers, the Atelier enables their customers to fix their objects.In Leroy Merlin Angers, the Atelier enables their customers to fix their objects.

- fixing stuff is easier

- reduce waste

In workshops, people will be able to fix their objects by printing the

missing or broken part.

In Leroy Merlin Angers, the Atelier enables their customers to fix their objects.In Leroy Merlin Angers, the Atelier enables their customers to fix their objects.In Leroy Merlin Angers, the Atelier enables their customers to fix their objects.

In a garage, instead of ordering a new piece, a mechanic will print

the necessary parts.

OSVehicle enables anyone to create a car in 45 minutes with many 3D printed pieces.

- no warehouse

- no transportation

In a garage, instead of ordering a new piece, a mechanic will print

the necessary parts.

OSVehicle enables anyone to create a car in 45 minutes with many 3D printed pieces.

Brands will rethinktheir products and business

models to enable easier hacking and fixing with 3D printing.

Brands could give their 3D printing plans to enable their customers to print the fragile pieces.

- easy fixing

- possible ending for planned obsolescence

Brands will rethinktheir products and business

models to enable easier hacking and fixing with 3D printing.

Brands could give their 3D printing plans to enable their customers to print the fragile pieces.

It’s just the beginning...

«In that printer, let’s make sure we put some aqueous chemistry which is what Life does. We are all going to be using nanoparticles as those in our print cartridges. Life is nanoparticles all the time. Nature was nanoparticles before nano was cool.

Janyne Benyus - fondatrice de Biomimicry 3.8

To sum up,3D printing opens new opportunities...

economical opportunities

No more transportation or warehouse

economical opportunities

Better local resilience

Resilience is the ability of an ecosystem to adapt itself in case of catastrophic

event (climate, energy...).

environmental opportunities

Energysaving

Raw materials savings

A 3D printer fixed up a 2D printer - impression-3D.com

The broken part...

is created in 3D... and then printed.

Easier biomimetic conception

Scientifics are now able to print a very resistant foam based on the structure

of the tucan beak !

A TechShop in San Francisco

Activity relocation

social opportunities

An Open Bidouille Camp in Brest (open hardware event for everyone)

Newskills

social opportunities

To go further...

Janine Benyus at the Circular Economy 100 Annual Summit

A field manual for re-designing a regenerative economy - Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Waste in general

New revenues

Social and environmental positive impactsL e r é s e a u d e l ’ u p c y c l i n g

Wiithaa, the upcycling network

Wiithaa help companies dealing with wastethanks to design thinking, methodology and toolkit.

By transforming a cost in new economic, social and environmental opportunities, we enable companies to integrate the circular economy in their business.

Together,let’s make the

circular economy real

Nicolas Buttinnicolas@wiithaa.com

Brieuc Saffrébrieuc@wiithaa.com

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