Fast Food Packaging: Bad For Your Health?
10/02/2017 by rbm in category News tagged as cancer, chemicals, cholesterol, fast food, health risks, packaging, PFASs, polyfluoroalkyl substancesCould the chemicals used in cardboard fast food packaging be as bad for you as the contents? You’ve had a tiresome day at work and the last thing you want to do is cook. Being as it is a Friday, you consider the fried chicken shop or the chippy. The last thing you expect to […]
0 32 Read moreCutting Corn with a Toilet Roll Tube
05/02/2017 by rbm in category Products tagged as bundt pan, cardboard tips, corn, cutting, food preparation, life hacks, recycling, sweetcorn, toilet roll tubeNo bundt pan? A saucepan and a toilet roll tube could suffice Sweetcorn is one of the most awkward vegetables to cut and prepare. For many people, buying a tin of sweetcorn chunks or eating corn-on-the-cob is an easier way. To cut corn you need a bundt pan, which is also used for baking […]
0 34 Read moreCardboard Photography In An Instant
03/02/2017 by rbm in category News tagged as cardboard, Fuji, fun with cardboard, Instax Mini, Jollylook, Kickstarter, Mashable, photographyCardboard instant photography possible thanks to Jollylook’s quirky instant camera The versatility of cardboard never ceases to amaze us. In technology, it is the core material for Google’s virtual reality system (combined with a suitable Android phone). Inspired aesthetically by Edwin Land’s original Polaroid camera (as seen on Toy Story), Jollylook has brought cardboard instant […]
0 32 Read moreCardboard Box or Xbox One?
01/02/2017 by rbm in category News tagged as cardboard box, Cardboard Box Challenge, Imagination Foundation, Minecraft, Xbox OneGiven the choice of a cardboard box or the Xbox One games console, which do you prefer? Games consoles or cardboard playthings? A cardboard box or the Xbox One? Which do you prefer? In Newcastle, Australia, they have taken undertaken a scheme known as the Cardboard Box Challenge. The challenge is about boosting imaginative play. […]
0 17 Read moreCoffee Cup Recycling: A Capital Gain
30/01/2017 by rbm in category Products tagged as City of London Corporation, coffee cup, Network Rail, offices, recycling, shops, Square Mile, streetsCity of London Corporation’s boost for coffee cup recycling Since the arrival of American-style coffee shops, recycling disposable coffee cups has been a headache. Apart from the littering, recycling the average takeaway coffee cup is labour intensive. They use cardboard and plastic film and separating the two materials makes recycling difficult.
0 22 Read moreComing Soon: The Cardboard Drone
26/01/2017 by rbm in category News tagged as cardboard drone, DARPA, drones, ICARUS, Inbound Controlled Air-Releasable Unrecoverable System, OtherlabICARUS cardboard drone project already billed as ‘the ultimate paper plane’ Fancy a cardboard drone to call your own? Well, you may be out of luck for the time being as the US Military might have first dibs on this project. The research and development company, Otherlab, have devised a revolutionary form of cardboard aircraft.
0 9 Read moreCardboard Tube Chaos Results in Bum Deal
24/01/2017 by rbm in category Products tagged as bog roll, cardboard tube, complaints, customer, Tesco, toilet tissueChange of cardboard tube size sees Tesco customers short changed on own brand toilet tissue We at Romiley Board Mill have come across some strange stories in our time. Even the high-powered world of cardboard tube manufacturing isn’t free from controversy. In the Daily Mirror, it stated how eagle eyed Tesco shoppers noticed they were […]
0 16 Read moreCardboard Layer Pads or Plastic Layer Pads?
20/01/2017 by rbm in category Products tagged as cardboard, cardboard layer pads, differences, layer pads, plasticHow cardboard layer pads play an important part in packaging In a previous post, we looked at how cardboard layer pads are the demigod of the packaging world. We looked at how lightweight and flexible they are. Alongside our cardboard layer pads, there is another kid on the block: Corriboard.
0 17 Read moreThe Crazy Uses of a Cardboard Cutout
18/01/2017 by rbm in category Products tagged as bizarre, cardboard cutout, celebrities, dogs, speed traps, unusual, usesThinking outside of the box: the less mundane uses of a cardboard cutout In many instances, the cardboard cutout is used as a point of sale device. For example, to advertise the latest film (a cardboard James Bond could be used to advertise the next instalment of its franchise). Or to sell books, magazines and […]
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