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Comment by MomsAVoxell

1 hour ago

3D printing will remain constrained by fragile centralized supply chains for feedstock until someone develops an effective practical decomposer/recomposer that can break down common plastics into their constituent monomers, oligomers, or other reusable chemical building blocks and then reform them into high-quality filament or resin on demand.

And then, the next step for deco/reco will be the metal frontier.

Unless you think you're only going to need a couple spools to get the job done before never using the thing again.