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As interest in next-generation building materials continues to grow, ATLAS is gaining attention for its approach to transforming waste into structural infrastructure.
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing a new approach to home construction that could one day replace traditional wood framing with structural components made from recycled plastic.
Wood trusses can be found underneath the floorboards of your home. They’re heavy, and they take awhile to put together—but they do provide the support you need to walk around without falling through. Your next place might have a different system. Engineers at MIT have engineered a system of 3D-printed plastic trusses, made from recycled plastic.
he plastic bottle you just tossed in the recycling bin could provide structural support for your future house.
MIT engineers are using recycled plastic to 3D print construction-grade beams, trusses, and other structural elements that could one day offer lighter, modular, and more sustainable alternatives to traditional wood-based framing.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have made recycled plastic into floor trusses for housing, arguing the waste stream could provide an abundant and sustainable structural building material.
The US-based researchers 3D printed a functional, construction-grade element using a composite material they developed from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) plastic – mostly derived from discarded drinks bottles – mixed with glass fibres.
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