Poverty Prompts Cardboard Coffins
12/09/2016 by rbm in category News tagged as Alejandro Blanchard, cardboard, cardboard coffins, economic crisis, Elio Angulo, funerals, VenezuelaSevere economic crisis leads to the arrival of heavy duty cardboard coffins in Venezuela In Venezuela, the introduction of cardboard coffins seems to be an environmental measure at face value. In the UK, Mainland Europe, and the United States, it has been. For Venezuela, it is anything but that possibility.
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05/09/2016 by rbm in category News tagged as cardboard, casein, edible, edible packaging, US Department of Agriculture, USDACasein-lined edible packaging could cut plastic usage Our industry alone has an impeccable recycling rate. In our previous blog post, we stated how the paper industry has a recycling rate of 89.4%. Compare that with plastic: over 45% of plastic bottles are recycled. How much plastic do we throw out from food packaging alone (take […]
0 5 Read moreHow is Cardboard Recycled
31/08/2016 by rbm in category News tagged as boxes, cardboard, cleaning, decontamination, pulp, recycled, recycling process, slurryA look at how recycled cardboard makes the transition from pulp to recycled boxes Let’s get this straight: half of Britain’s cardboard boxes is made of recycled material. That’s right: the cardboard box you may be looking could well be a descendant of several cardboard boxes and newspapers. Your last supermarket splurge could have come […]
0 3 Read moreCould Cardboard Batteries Cut Missed Calls?
18/08/2016 by rbm in category News tagged as cardboard batteries, charging, concepts, gadgets, mobile devices, powerHow Mini Power’s cardboard batteries could be good for your mobile device as well as the planet. Imagine yourself a few years from now. You have left your ‘phone charger at home but have an important date to fulfil at the Stock Dove. Slowly but surely, your battery power reaches the cursed 15% mark. Panic. […]
0 6 Read moreA New Take on Cardboard Drums
08/08/2016 by rbm in category News tagged as cardboard drums, Caroline Cullière, Kickstarter, musical instruments, Obilab, Patrick ObadiaHow a French musician has created a full complement of cardboard drums, including a hi-hat and a pedal Ever wanted to be the next Ringo Starr, Keith Moon or Phil Collins? Fancy paying considerably less than £500 for a drum kit or lack space for one? Obilab Music has an answer. Thanks to successful Kickstarter […]
0 4 Read moreAmazon Cuts Outsize Cardboard Boxes
01/08/2016 by rbm in category News tagged as Amazon, boxes, cardboard, delivery, excessive, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, mailing, outsized, packagingHow the online shopping giant aims to cut packaging costs and help the environment In recent times, Amazon has been under fire for their use of excessive packaging. There have been stories of outsized boxes being used for tiny keyrings and books wrapped up in 30 feet of packaging paper. Taking the biscuit is the […]
0 17 Read moreA Cardboard Cottage By The Sea?
26/07/2016 by rbm in category News tagged as cardboard cottage, Fiction Factory, housing, prefabricated, second home, WikkelhouseHow Wikkelhouse’s cardboard cottage could be good for the beach With the schools having broken up for the summer holidays, many of us fancy taking to the skies overseas. Some people prefer a traditional seaside holiday with sea, sand, and the off chance of sunshine. Beach huts may be available to hire on the shore. […]
0 1 Read moreA Cardboard Crib for Baby
21/07/2016 by rbm in category News tagged as babies, cardboard boxes, cardboard crib, childcare, Finland, recyclingHow Finland’s 78-year-old cardboard crib scheme has attracted the interest of UK and US health professionals and parents For progressive social policies, many people cite The Nordic Model as an exemplar of best practice. It is one with a strong welfare state and a supportive education system. Their cradle to grave provision is the envy […]
0 9 Read moreA Brief History of Greyboard
24/06/2016 by rbm in category News tagged as applications, description, Dutch Greyboard, Greyboard, history, millboard, unlined chipboardThe many uses of greyboard, a material often decried as being low grade You may have come across this material in many forms, mainly on the back of notepads and sketch books. It has been decried as ‘low grade’, yet we cannot do without it. For model makers, it is a boon for scratch building […]
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