#paper is recyclable

[foxfire-hashira]

Hi yes I'd really appreciate it if public bathrooms would stop removing the paper towel dispensers in favor of the blow dryers. I am autistic with a high sensitivity to loud noises and I'd rather not have to deal with the extremely loud and annoying sound of wind turbines in my ears thank you

[sabertoothwalrus]

I learned how to make paper today

[reasonsforhope]

"As the world grows “smarter” through the adoption of smartphones, smart fridges, and entire smart houses, the carbon cost of that technology grows, too. 

In the last decade, electronic waste has become one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world. 

According to The World Counts, the globe generates about 50 million tons of e-waste every year. That’s the equivalent of 1,000 laptops being trashed every second. 

After they’re shipped off to landfills and incinerated, the trash releases toxic chemicals including lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury, and so much more, which can cause disastrous health effects on the populations that live near those trash sites. 

Fortunately, Franziska Kerber — a university student at ​​FH Joanneum in Graz, Austria — has dreamed up a solution that helps carve away at that behemoth problem: electronics made out of recyclable, dissolvable paper. 

On September 11, Kerber’s invention “Pape” — or Paper Electronics — earned global recognition when it was named a national winner of the 2024 James Dyson Awards. 

When she entered the scientific competition, Kerber demonstrated her invention with the creation of several small electronics made out of paper materials, including a fully-functional WiFi router and smoke detector. 

“Small electronic devices are especially prone to ending up in household waste due to unclear disposal systems and their small size, so there is significant potential to develop a more user-friendly end-of-life system,” Kerber wrote on the James Dyson Award website. 

“With this in mind, I aimed to move beyond a simple recycling solution to a circular one, ensuring long-term sustainability.” 

Kerber’s invention hinges on crafting a dissolvable and recyclable PCB board out of compressed “paper pulp.” 

A printed circuit board (PCB) is a board that can be found in nearly all modern electronic devices, like phones, tablets, and smartwatches.

But even companies that have started incorporating a “dissolution” step into the end life of their products require deconstruction to break down and recover the PCB board before it can be recycled. 

With Kerber’s PAPE products, users don’t need to take the device apart to recycle it.

“By implementing a user-friendly return option, manufacturers can efficiently dissolve all returned items, potentially reusing electronic components,” Kerber explained. 

“Rapidly advancing technology, which forms the core of many devices, becomes obsolete much faster than the structural elements, which are often made from plastics that can last thousands of years,” Kerber poses. 

PAPE, Kerber says, has a “designed end-of-life system” which anticipates obsolescence. 

“Does anyone want to use a thousand-year-old computer?” Kerber asks. “Of course not. … This ensures a sustainable and reliable system without hindering technological advancement.”"

-via GoodGoodGood, September 13, 2024

[mcromwell]

I'm finally getting kinda okay at making handmade recycled paper. This shit is effort intensive as fuck! It makes me appreciate professional paper a lot. I take it for granted, but less now that I know how hard it is to make by hand.

I don't know why I'm so compelled to do this. It's not worth the labor in any measurable way... It's impractical, effort-intensive, hard on my body, and uses a lot of electricity (drying towels)... And yet, I am compelled. I am drawn to the slurry of paper slop. I must... I must do it...

[ashleabechaz]

Sweet little koi boi filled to the brim with recycled soft plastics and scraps of cardboard 🙌

I made this trash koi fish to add to my crappy wall of dodgy masks and alters #blessthismess

Created using rubbish, paper mache and acrylics 🐟

[dyleeart]

Too-Ticky in oil pastel ❄️

I also recently finished reading Moominland Midwinter and she is simply delightful!

[chessboxingstreetwear]

GYUHAN LEE x McDonalds (upcycled paper bag lamp)

[micerhat]

Lord help me, I'm back on my bullshit.

More so because I -am- a preschool teacher who often engages in leading small children through arts and crafts and it truly can be a trial in patience and frequent mutterings of 'Process over product'

[acemilena]

I finished the tissue paper art. I'm not sure if that is the name of the technique, I just saw a video once. I used the excess to make colourful paper.

[annabelle--cane]

anyway sorry, I see solid definitions for artistic categories and immediately become the most annoying person in the world

[shukruut]

a professor of mine once explained that she re-used corpus and transcriptions that were all her own hard work every chance she got because she didn't want to let all that effort go to waste after only showing it once.

so repost (or self reblog or whatever) that fanart/fic as many times as you'd like. It's hard work, and you get to make people notice it anytime you want

[horsemeatluvr23]

etho doodle!!!!! this one is late because i was having an identity crisis and thinking about moving to lebanon. anyways the necklace is bdubs missing tooth from secret life <3

[sugaryewscythe]

just a reminder that most wrapping paper is not recyclable unless otherwise stated. do not put it in your recycling bin as it will back up recycling facilities!

you can always use recyclable alternatives like paper bags, fabric that can be repurposed afterwards, newspaper, or glass jars! all of which can be decorated with eco-friendly yarn, plants, or art which adds an even more personal touch.♡

[soviet-amateurs]

Kids compete in the recycling program 1970s

[mcromwell]

Tempted to turn all the handmade paper I've been compulsively making into a hand-bound book. For what reason? I dunno. An object like that feels really special and deserves a special purpose. My goal is to make so much paper that it's just not a big deal anymore. Then, I can do even the stupidest of bullshit in said book of handmade paper. And if I goof up a sheet, I can just toss it back into the pulp bog.

[ashleabechaz]

An Alter to the Sun 🌞

Made from recycled trash, papier-mâché and a mix of acrylics and gold oil paint.