Evaluation of potential fair trade standards for an ethical 3-D printing filament

Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1-12

  Feeley, S R ^a   Wijnen, B ^b   Pearce, Joshua M ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D printing; Distributed manufacturing; Ethical product standards; Fair trade standards; Filament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924540792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19139063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/jsd.v7n5p1     Document Type: Article

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