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Hairdresser turns old shampoo bottles into 3D-printed prosthetic limbs | ABC News

What if your old shampoo bottles could not only avoid ending up in landfill but benefit a child born without a limb? Retired hairdresser Bernie Craven is collecting waste from 38 salons in Gympie and the Sunshine Coast in south-east Queensland, turning bottles into plastic filament, and using 3D printing to create prosthetic limbs. Twelve-year-old Haley Wright and 11-year-old Connor Wyvill will be the first children in Australia to benefit from Mr Craven's new company, Waste Free Systems, at a considerable saving over the $20,000 a conventional prosthetic could cost. Read more here: https://ab.co/2XxNYQx For more from ABC News, click here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/ Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://ab.co/1svxLVE You can also like us on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Or follow us on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Or even on Twitter:   / abcnews