Frame - 17 February 2018

kg is the weight of

the final product

kg of CO 2 emissions

and 100 litres of oil are

saved by using recycled

rather than new plastic

125

layers of plastic

comprise the product

740

single-use

plastic bags

were recycled

to make the

bench

3,000

kg of waste was produced

during the printing process

Amsterdammers produce

as much plastic waste each

year – 23 kg per person in

2015 – as the quantity used

for the XXX bench

2

7

is the number of times

that XXX can be recycled

The New Raw’s Print Your City! applies 3D printing to plastic

waste generated in urban areas. Its first outcome

is the XXX BENCH for the Dutch city of Amsterdam.

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176 IN NUMBERS

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