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An idea we considered was using polymer excreting cells to 3D print structures. 3D bio-printers exist but are used to create living tissue and organs. What we thought of creating was ordinary plastic objects. The main advantage of this being that the resulting plastic could be bio-degradable, self-sustaining and carbon neutral. Currently there are 8 million tonnes of plastic dumped into oceans each year, which is set to double in the next 10 years and will be tenfold by 2020. | An idea we considered was using polymer excreting cells to 3D print structures. 3D bio-printers exist but are used to create living tissue and organs. What we thought of creating was ordinary plastic objects. The main advantage of this being that the resulting plastic could be bio-degradable, self-sustaining and carbon neutral. Currently there are 8 million tonnes of plastic dumped into oceans each year, which is set to double in the next 10 years and will be tenfold by 2020. | ||
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