Henkel offers program to recycle additive manufacturing materials

Henkel Corp., a leading manufacturer of adhesives, sealants and functional coatings, expands its recycling program to additive manufacturing customers across its Loctite brands. Henkel’s partnership with TerraCycle, is an innovative waste management company, reflects the commitment to sustainability.

Henkel and TerraCycle offer a recycling solution for anaerobic adhesive packaging and have since added light cure adhesive technologies packaging, with instant adhesives and cyanoacrylates to follow shortly. Through this program, Henkel’s customers with 3D printing operations are provided with a recycling box where used containers of UV curable 3D resins and cyanoacrylate-base adhesives are placed and later recycled by TerraCycle.

“Our goal is to be the customers’ champion for all industrial additive manufacturing solutions, and through our partnership with TerraCycle, we also make sustainability simpler for our customers,” said Philipp Loosen, Global Head of 3D Printing, Henkel Adhesives Technologies.