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Czechs 3D-print Eiffel Tower from ocean waste for Olympics / 34PV29A
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A Czech company is 3D-printing a giant Eiffel Tower model for a local Olympics event, using recycled ocean waste as the primary material. Weighing two tonnes and made of 1,600 pieces glued together, the 14-metre-high (46-foot) model will be installed at an Olympic festival in the north of the Czech Republic. Jan Hrebabecky, the owner of the 3DDen printing farm, says the project aims to capitalise on the good qualities of plastic. "If you use a plastic bottle to produce something useful, it has excellent mechanic and chemical qualities, great UV resistance, and it is practically immortal," he says. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES