Epson Develops Office-Based Papermaking System that Reuses the Paper it Shreds

摘要

Seiko Epson Corporation announced that it has developed what it believes to be the world's first1 compact office papermaking system capable of producing new paper from shredded waste paper2 without the use of water3. Utilizing the fiber created from the paper it shreds, PaperLab has the ability to produce the first new sheet of paper in about three minutes after hitting the start button. According to Epson, the system can produce about 14 A4 sheets per minute and 6,720 sheets in an eight-hour day. Epson did not reveal the quantity of paper required to produce a new sheet or how exactly PaperLab works internally, but the novel approach to the three R's of the environment — reduce, reuse, recycle — shows a great deal of promise.