Have Yourself a Cardboard Christmas
30/11/2016 by rbm in category News tagged as board games, cardboard, Christmas, concepts, decorations, gifts tableware, ideas, noveltiesFive ways to celebrate Christmas with cardboard Cardboard is something we tend to see plenty of at Christmas. A lot of it is thrown away and sticking out of the blue bin before collection day. Everything from the latest toy to a selection of after shaves or perfumes isn’t immune.
0 58 Read moreWould You Buy a Cardboard Desk?
28/11/2016 by rbm in category News tagged as cardboard, cardboard desk, easy assembly, office furniture, standingA look at aiBox Design’s cardboard desk In the last weekend, the Black Friday sales may have sent us scurrying towards the websites or the Peel Retail Park. If you chose the latter, it was your typical run-of-the-mill traffic clogged affair from Bents Lane to the Portwood roundabout. Or you could have gone to IKEA […]
0 48 Read moreCardboard Giraffes Are No Tall Order
08/11/2016 by rbm in category News tagged as 3d works, cardboard, cardboard giraffes, handicrafts, papier mache, Romiley Primary School, toilet rollsRomiley Primary School’s adorable cardboard giraffes It is always gratifying to see used cardboard put to creative use. As well as furniture, desk tidies and spacecraft, toilet paper rolls are often used for cardboard animals. Many of them are small enough for tables, shelves and desks. Putting smaller efforts to shame are Romiley Primary School’s […]
0 68 Read moreMuch Ado About Layer Pads
01/11/2016 by rbm in category Products tagged as cardboard, carriage, layer pads, logistics, packaging, pallets, storage, supermarketsWhere would we be without cardboard layer pads? Cardboard layer pads are the unsung heroes of the cardboard manufacturing industry. They come into their own for palletised loads, especially the storage of bagged wares. Instead of wooden shelving, they offer a lightweight yet robust solution for stacking products on top of each other. Take for […]
0 60 Read moreCardboard Craft Works: Three Detailed Models
21/09/2016 by rbm in category News tagged as artwork, cardboard, craft, creative play, design, model making, sculptureA compendium of cardboard craft works powered by cardboard tubes, bricks and… shale In our previous piece, we looked at the fact you could buy 200 cardboard rolls from eBay. This post has inspired us enough to look at some more fascinating uses of cardboard packaging. Such as the repurposing of cardboard rolls for massive […]
0 17 Read moreMoney for Old Loo Rolls?
20/09/2016 by rbm in category News tagged as cardboard, crafts, eBay, loo rolls, recycling, toilet tissueDid you know that empty loo rolls can be bought on eBay? Once upon a time, Harrods in Knightsbridge could sell you anything from a pair of espadrilles to an elephant. As to whether they sell the latter, this is highly unlikely due to animal welfare issues. The internet seems to be fulfilling the old […]
0 21 Read morePoverty 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.
1 5 Read moreCould Edible Packaging Save the Planet?
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 […]
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