Shifting Shap3s designs technology and systems that transform plastic waste into high-quality, circular materials. The company's flagship product, FilamentPro™, is a patent-pending recycling system engineered for optimized output and reduced energy consumption, currently in pre-pilot stage. Shifting Shap3s also offers sustainability consulting services, including Life Cycle Assessments and Techno-Economic Analyses, to help organizations measure and reduce their environmental impact.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Plastic waste is a growing environmental crisis, yet most recycling systems are centralized, inefficient, and fail to produce materials with the consistency and quality needed for reliable reuse. This forces manufacturers to rely on virgin plastics, perpetuating a linear economy and contributing to landfill pollution.
Solution
Shifting Shap3s provides locally deployable recycling technology and engineered materials that turn plastic waste into dependable, high-quality feedstocks. Its flagship FilamentPro™ system is a patent-pending recycling unit designed for intuitive operation, consistent output, and reduced energy consumption, making on-site recycling practical for businesses. The company also offers a line of recycled materials developed from 3D printing waste and waste-based additives, engineered for reliability. Complementing these products, Shifting Shap3s delivers sustainability assessments—including Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) and Techno-Economic Analyses (TEA)—to help organizations quantify and improve their environmental and economic performance.
Target Audience
Primary customers are manufacturers, product developers, startups, and R&D teams seeking circular material inputs or sustainability assessments, as well as organizations with ESG reporting or regulatory compliance obligations.
Features
- FilamentPro™: a patent-pending recycling system with optimized user experience, high output quality, and reduced energy consumption, currently in pre-pilot stage
- Engineered recycled materials: high-performance feedstocks based on a patent-pending formulation using 3D printing waste and waste-based additives, currently in pilot testing
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) services aligned with ISO 14040/14044 standards, covering carbon, water, energy, and resource use
- Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA) integrating cost modeling with environmental metrics to evaluate scale-up risks and investment decisions
- Additional sustainability services including carbon and water footprint analysis, supply chain analysis, sustainability reporting, Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), Life Cycle Costing (LCC), circularity assessment, and Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA)