I have been writing a lot about innovations coming out of Japan recently and I have another one for you today.
It is a machine that turns waste office paper into toilet paper. That’s right, now you can wipe your butt with your office memos, talk about two birds one stone. It takes 18,000 sheets of office paper to make two rolls of toilet paper, the process takes about two hours.
The machine dubbed the “White Goat” is made by the Japanese company Nakabayashi Co. and costs $95,000.
While the machine is a noble idea and a notable sustainable innovation, it is not necessarily practical for an everyday office. For one, it cost $95,000 a price you will probably not save in toilet paper cost unless you run it all day. And two, it takes eight pounds of paper to create one single roll of toilet paper. Not to mention the machine itself is massive, weighing 1,320 pounds.... Read More
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