Global custom engineered thermoplastics compounder RTP Company has commercialized the industry’s first line of glass fiber-reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) compounds that overcome many limitations of ...

Polylactic acid has become the flagship of biodegradable plastics, but its high price and stubbornly slow breakdown outside industrial composting plants keep it from displacing petro-polymers in ...

[Chris] has been having some real problems getting PLA to stick to the build platform of his Printrbot. This is of course not limited to this brand of printers, and affects all extruder-based hardware ...

In this week's episode, show host Ian gives an in-depth look at 3D filament. In this guide, he explains the differences between various filament types like ABS and PLA. Finally, he even provides a ...

As single-use plastic straws disappear from counters from Seattle to Singapore, the paper replacements most cafés hand to customers have become a daily frustration: they wilt in hot bubble tea, split ...