A Koi Pond Mosaic Made from 10 Pounds of 3D Printer Waste
sudo_cowsay
21 points
12 comments
July 21, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
bogometer
bravo! so much better than a landfill
atonse
The only comforting thing to me about the waste (apart from the fact that our personal 3d printer waste is a margin of error compared to industrial waste so honestly, just don’t worry about it), is that at least PLA is biodegradable.
esquire_900
So the author recycled 10 pounds of plastic, but used 8.5 pounds of glue to do so (184 sticks at 0.74 oz which seems to be average for glue sticks). Cool project, but that ratio seems very ineffective. Especially since there is a realistic chance this ends up in landfill within some decades anyway.
o0void0o
next week my kids arts and crafts project is top news.