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jordanthoms
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Staples Announces In-Store 3D Printing Service
Paper is a renewable resource.
nathan_long
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Yep. If you're a paper company, the cheapest way to get wood pulp is to grow and harvest your own forests. Replanting is how you stay in business.
jlgreco
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To add to that, it is also incredibly recyclable. Any waste paper this process creates is undoubtedly recycled.
brianbreslin
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Depends on the glue used how recyclable these things are
gregschlom
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"Mcor 3D printers employ water-based adhesive – no toxic fumes, lasers, airborne powder or toxic resins – enabling the machine to easily co-exist in an office or classroom."
http://www.mcortechnologies.com/mcor-technologies-announces-...
Evbn
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That doesn't speak to recyclability.
jlgreco
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Well true. I was thinking about the unglued paper that is cut away from these during the creation process though.
lwat
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Every tonne of paper is a tonne of carbon that's not in the atmosphere right now.
ShawnBird
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Cellulose is only 40% carbon.
Evbn
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It is very easy to return that carbon to the atmosphere if needed. So easy, a caveman could do it.
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