High school students printing toys for good cause [Video]

Two high school students are putting their skills to a good use using 3D printers and recycled materials.

Saras Agrawal and Rateb Ajamieh – from Old Scona Academic and Harry Ainlay High School, respectively – are Grade 12 students with a charitable itch to scratch: they’ve found a way to reuse leftover 3D printing waste to make new toys for local charities.

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Agrawal told CTV News Edmonton on Tuesday that he and Ajamieh created the ‘Prints4Play’ non-profit organization to combine their passion for sustainability and community service.

“What we do is we collect 3D printed waste from all across the University of Alberta … and we have our own recycling process that we use to re-extrude (the waste) into filament, which is used to print these wonderful toys,” Agrawal said.

The duo designed a few …