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The Rogerie Case Study

How The Rogerie Turned Recycled HIPS Waste Into Premium 3D Printing Filament

A landfill with old fridges.
  

1. Introduction

Three plants inside a triple black pot made from rHIPS.
The Rogerie's Gretchen Planter
Self-watering planters with a built-in reservoir and drip tray, made from 100% recovered plastic waste, creating no environmental footprint.

Sustainable Home Goods Made from rHIPS

The Rogerie, a sustainable home goods company based in Canada, set out to turn local plastic waste into elegant consumer products. Using recycled High Impact Polystyrene (rHIPS) from sources like 3D printing scraps and discarded appliances, they needed a way to create consistent, high-quality filament — affordably and on demand.

With help from 3devo’s recycling ecosystem, The Rogerie began turning rHIPS into custom-colored filament in-house — while cutting costs, minimizing waste, and building a resilient supply chain.

  

2. The Challenge

Creating high-end products from recycled plastic waste sounds simple — but comes with real engineering hurdles:

  • Material variability: Recycled HIPS is tricky to process and needs precise extrusion control.

  • Customization: Small-batch, color-specific filament was essential for their designs.

  • Sustainability: Failed prints couldn’t just go to waste.

Two engineers at a fridge waste site.
Recycling a Fridge from the Local Landfill
Using 3devo's recycling solution.
  
  

3. The Solution

The Rogerie adopted 3devo’s Filament Maker ONE and Plastic Shredder, allowing them to:

  • Convert plastic waste into consistent filament for FDM printing

  • Produce filament in small, customizable batches

  • Recycle failed prints and scraps back into usable material

They now run their setup 12 hours a day — creating all the filament they need in-house.

Two Filament Makers, with their hoppers filled with shredded plastic waste
Filament Makers Setup
The hoppers are filled with shredded HIPS, with the extrusion settings set to the material preset.
  

4. The Results

Since using 3devo machines, The Rogerie has achieved:

  • Near-zero production waste

  • Lower material costs through full circular reuse

  • Resilience against supply chain disruptions

Their sustainable process now supports both product quality and company values.

12 3D Printers on a rack.
The Rogerie's 3D Print Lab

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