All spools of filament start with raw plastic pellets, the most common being PLA (Polylactic Acid), a biopolymer made from plant materials such as corn, sugarcane or beets. Other materials ...

In some ways, corn plastic is clearly easier on the environment. Producing PLA uses 65 percent less energy than producing conventional plastics, according to an independent analysis commissioned ...

[Thomas Sanladerer] setup a simple experiment, using samples of three common types of filament, specifically PLA, PET-G and ASA. He stored the samples in three environments, on his desk ...

This is where a recent video by [CNC Kitchen] is rather illustrative, using a collection of colored PLA filaments from a single filament manufacturer. [CNC Kitchen] ran a range of tests including ...