Posted 01.29.2010 at 6:27 pm
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There's an early 2010 contender for an office innovation award, or at least the best name for an office innovation. DigInfo News brings us a very special report on "White Goat," a miracle-working machine by Oriental Co., Ltd that directly recycles office paper into toilet paper. Users need only add water along with any embarrassing e-mail printouts or unwanted TPS reports they need shredded, and out comes TP of dubious softness.
A built-in shredder starts off the action in a right satisfying way. The shredded paper then moves on to a pulper where it gets dissolved in water. The pulp becomes wet paper and is eventually dried and rolled up into ready-to-use toilet paper. We imagine that this mysterious process may resemble a high-tech Japanese version of Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.
"White Goat" reportedly will go on sale this summer. The machine takes half an hour to produce one neatly wrapped toilet roll and uses the equivalent of 40 sheets of standard office paper per roll. That supposedly saves 60 cedar trees each year, but there's no word on just how often you'd have to use the White Goat. Our suggestion: use it as much as possible.
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The Japanese always seemed to be fasinated by their toilets and bathroom technology.
It had never occured to before (I probably just filed it into my general pile of 'weird Japanese stuff'), but you may be on to something...
Is it soft toilet paper? It seems like it would feel like sandpaper.... So is it worth going the green way?-Kris Johnson
-Kris Johnson
No staples please!
I read awhile back that longer fibers = softer TP. I doubt this stuff is very soft, but if cost efficient, this would be a great on-site recycling program. Offices that pay to dispose of their sensitive files would be able to dispose of them right down the toilet!
I wonder, though, if there it any net savings...
+ saving on paper disposal costs
+ saving on purchase of toilet paper
- initial cost of machine
- cost to power the machine
I also wonder whether businesses have an appropriate balance of paper disposal: toilet paper needs. Maybe schools would, but it seems that any other business would have a dramatic overabundance of toilet paper. I guess they could print the company logo on them and pass them out to potential investors...
It's a good thing it doesn't recycle toilet paper into office paper.
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Japiness do have an interes in toilit paper because they invented it for there emporer (or was that china?) i dnt know wich but one of them acctualy invented it and that is why they are fasinated with it. so kim you are right kudos 2 u!
I hope the TP isn't John Wayne TP... rough, tough, and don't take !@#$ from no one.
Lol at John Wayne TP.
I wonder if they can put a TP vending machine in front of their offices and actually make money back by selling it cheap to the public.
If they can make TP out of the shredded paper, can't they make paper towels as well?
@sqush-u-like-bug. Please spell check. I'm sure it's not a big deal to any of us, but it will be good practice for you in the long run. The longer someone misspells (whether because of not caring or not knowing) the more they'll look like a dumbass when you actually have to spell right and you forget. How do I know? I used to not care.
As kids we wrinkled and unwrinkled paper or rant back and forth over a sharp edge until it became very soft but sturdy tissue. Try it, it doesn't take long.
You could skip all the dissolving and manufacturing by simply running used sheet paper through a tumbler.
But I guess we are finicky creatures of convention. Using 8.5 x 11 sheets with still recognizable print isn't good enough for our precious bums.
This would be more fascinating if the machine could turn used toilet paper into financial reports.
This is an amazing idea. This should be marketed around the globe. I used to use an electric paper shredder in my house but the task of shredding every document is too time consuming ( I have a demanding job where I travel constantly.) So, I did a little research and found a company that does paper shredding for you. Opsus comes to your location, shreds and recycles your documents! I like this and it helps keep our planet green! www.opsus.com