Good news for the environment…. less Styrofoam, and more recycled paper may be used for packaging material in the future.
With the help of students from Durham College, Ralph Cilevitz has come up with a fabulous new way to package our breakables without wrecking havoc on our environment.
Up till now most business’ use Styrofoam, bubble wrap or polystyrene to package product for shipping to prevent damage during the shipping process. Unfortunately these preferred packing products are not preferable for our environment as they take ages to break down and add more to our already bursting landfills.
Thank goodness someone has been searching for a greener alternative, and Mr. Cilevitz, along with the Durham College folk have finally found one. The new product is called, Paperchipz and can be used by both small and large business.
Paperchipz is about the size of a microwave oven and uses a roll of paper to produce paper filler for packaging, and it’s produced on site whenever it’s needed.
Paper, we know breaks down, and I am hoping recycled paper can be used with the paperchpz. This fabulous idea is another step in the right direction to responsible living, and it also speaks of the global concern regarding our environment, as it was in response to the global movement for environmentally friendly packaging.
Mr. Ralph Cilevitz is an employee of the Ontario based company ALX technical Services-Global Earth Products.
Durham College received $750,000 in research funding to work with small and medium-sized businesses on subjects such as applied research, technology development and product testing and certification. Rob Braithwaite, a professor with the School of Science and Engineering Technology, along with a couple of recent mechanical engineering technology graduates are working with ALX-GEP on the Paperchipz project.
Source: Whitby This Week November 2011
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