20.500.12556/DiRROS-30191 Additive manufacturing of polymer composites sustainability, recycling, life cycle, safety and environmental perspectives Additive manufacturing (AM) enables the fabrication of complex and customised, on-demand products from various materials across multiple industries in aerospace, automotive, Industry 4.0, and biomedical domains. Advancing material development, improving process efficiency, and ensuring sustainable waste management are crucial for AM to achieve its full capability as a sustainable technology. This review focuses on the recent progress in AM of polymer composites by 3D and 4D printing techniques. Their sustainability, environmental, recycling, lifecycle assessments (LCA), safety, and economic impacts have been systematically reviewed. The effect of incorporating eco-friendly materials in the manufacturing of polymer composites to enable a sustainable future has also been evaluated. The sustainability of additively manufactured polymer composites is evaluated from a social, environmental, and economic perspective. By using recycled materials in the AM processes, the environmental impact can be reduced, circularity promoted, and resources conserved. The challenges of AM techniques regarding scalability, including slow printing speeds, cost limitations, and health and environmental concerns due to the emission of toxic matter and compounds, have been addressed. It also provides a perspective on the potential role of AM in promoting sustainability and circular economic practices for a greener future. additive manufacturing 3D printing polymer composites sustainability life cycle assessment safety and environmental assessments 4D printing aditivna proizvodnja 3D tiskanje 4D tiskanje polimerni kompoziti trajnost ocena življenjskega cikla varnostne ocene okoljske ocene true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik © 2026 The Authors. Neznano 2026-06-17 09:38:14 2026-06-17 09:38:14 2026-06-18 06:49:23 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 9. 6. 2026; 26 str. [article no.] 103309 Vol. 51 Aug. 2026 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 2025-11-14 0000-00-00 2026-06-08 658.5 2352-9415 10.1016/j.apmt.2026.103309 280978947 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352940726002246 1 80823c1a-6a1f-11f1-97b2-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=45711 RAZ_Potta_Thara_Yasir_Beeran_2026.pdf RAZ_Potta_Thara_Yasir_Beeran_2026.pdf 1 5369A18689AD2D7B3DD459AEF0644916 a4611934ce73c5eb24aacd93850d416e81e1d3c5ebe95e353a38fd6d68b1ff23 bdd5502c-6a1f-11f1-97b2-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=45712 Rudolfovo – Znanstveno in tehnološko središče Novo mesto 0 0 0