Critically, van der Heijden needs to create a community of 3D printers, limiting logistics as a lot as attainable to the final mile, and already has print hubs within the Netherlands, Belgium, Slovakia and Abu Dhabi. ‘We will ship our furnishings not by vehicles or sea however by digital freeway,’ he says. ‘I need to get furnishings off the roads or no less than solely drive the final mile and scale back overproduction. With 3D printing you do not have to make 10,000 items and throw away 2,000 as a result of you have not bought them. You possibly can print to order from native waste streams. I am simply devoted to utilizing much less materials and creating much less waste and CO2.’