Togolese geographer, Kodjo Afate Gnikou, invented an entirely recycled 3D printer using discarded mainframes, second-hand scanners, and tinkering.

He built a 3D printer using only electronic waste that he salvaged from landfill sites.

Gnikou wants to use his printer to improve the lives of his countrymen by “printing” objects such as medical prostheses.

In a bid to find a solution to the waste problem he had identified, Gnikou challenged himself to make a 3D printer entirely out of electronic waste found in these landfill sites.

As at 2016, Gnikou estimated that he had used his 3D printers to create about 150 objects.