(bright upbeat music)
There are 100+ 3D printers
at UC Berkeley
Producing more than 600 lbs
of plastic waste per year
Students Nicole Panditi
and Scott Silva
have a solution to recycle that waste,
here on campus
They collect the
biodegradable PLA plastic
They grind it up
in a blender
20 minutes per load
They pour it into a heater
adding new PLA plastic
beads to restore quality
The mixture is extruded
and respooled
Ready to be reused
