California firm produces 3D-printed tiny homes using waste plastic

SoCal firm produces 3D-printed tiny homes using waste plastic 03:39

SAN JOSE — California has plenty of problems including a lack of housing and an excess of plastic waste material.

Now a Southern California company has combined those two challenges into an innovative way to create more homes that was on display in San Jose Sunday.

Each time the “TinyFest” small home expo returns to the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds it seems to take on more relevance. Event CEO Renee Seevers said the show got rolling by introducing people to what micro dwellings have to offer.

“One of the big goals that TinyFest had was to normalize and expose people to these because they were just such an unknown — ‘What is that little thing I see on TV?'” Seevers recalled. “Now we’re really focusing on teaching them how accessible they can be financially and how you can place them in more places now.”

As accessory dwelling units (ADU) have grown in popularity, there have been lots of innovations but one of the most revolutionary is what’s coming from a company called Azure Printed Homes .

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