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Can you make cardboard stronger, lighter and use less material, even if recycled? And if we could do it, we would have more power, but could we make some money from it, I mean profit? I wonder if it is literally impossible in the US and making money from it and prices for new cardboard or recycled cardboard will fluctuate due to the global economy and trade. Perhaps trading carbon dioxide and growing trees, as the Potlach Corporation in Oregon does, could help pull out enough to actually make a profit. Let’s talk, do we?
Is it possible? I’m not sure if they are insurmountable, actually one member of a think tank who lives in South Carolina near the forests maybe the terrain is perfect for that, growing back with fast-growing tree species and then delivering that cardboard to production centers near the big sea harbors. One think tank member noted that micro-rubber and micro-ground sawdust are already used in recycled materials, which makes them natural if the price is stable, and should be if they have been used for a long time in the recycling sector. If it makes the cardboard stronger and we can use less paper, we save on trees, and if it is lighter, the better. This is important now with all same-day, next-day deliveries, for example, Amazon shippers flying by air.
Indeed, I agree with one think tank member that hybrid cardboard would be stronger even if we implemented it in Virgin Cardboard, adding these materials at a recycling event would guarantee increased durability perhaps over several generations of his reincarnation. The tear strength would actually be better, and the rubber should help with the moisture, which is very important for nations sailing from tropical or monsoon regions – India, China, South Asia etc, wise thinking there.
The Hybrid Cardboard concept makes a lot of sense, and while this whole redesign exercise feels like a simple engineering game, much like making toothpick mini-bridges in MIT Engineering with sophomore engineering students – nevertheless – the implications for solving this problem are enormous.
Will such materials now also allow us to change the structure of the cardboard? Instead of a corrugated center with a sheet on both sides, could one eliminate one side, the inside, or reduce the weight even more, such as cutting holes in the wing rib made of aluminum?
The chemistry and process are some technical, I understand, but it doesn’t seem that hard with all the different strategies for dealing with recycling nowadays. Please think about it.
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Source by Lance Winslow