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Paper is a renewable resource.


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.


To add to that, it is also incredibly recyclable. Any waste paper this process creates is undoubtedly recycled.


Depends on the glue used how recyclable these things are


"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-...


That doesn't speak to recyclability.


Well true. I was thinking about the unglued paper that is cut away from these during the creation process though.


Every tonne of paper is a tonne of carbon that's not in the atmosphere right now.


Cellulose is only 40% carbon.


It is very easy to return that carbon to the atmosphere if needed. So easy, a caveman could do it.




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