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armchair_warrior
armchair_warrior
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff
what would those wacky japanese think of next :o. sounds awesome. i wonder if they'll bring this here.



Japanese Shredder Turns Old TPS Reports Into Fresh Rolls of Toilet Paper
By Jeremy Hsu Posted 01.29.2010 at 5:27 pm 2 Comments

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.


http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-01/white-goat-will-shred-tps-reports-and-spit-out-toilet-paper

Comments

  • whyfi
    whyfi
    That's pretty cool... might be a good investment for a small condo building... hmmmm....
  • modsquad
    modsquad
    The problem is Americans like fancy toilet paper and frankly the rest of the world uses, ...how can I say this...., SHITTY toilet paper. That will be the reason it doesn't catch on here.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/26/toilet-roll-america
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    I've actually come to dislike the too-soft, aloe-infused, blah, blah, blah TP.
  • independent mind
    independent mind
    Is it just me or doesn't pulped inky paper sound a little carcinogenic?
  • modsquad
    modsquad
    WhyFi wrote: I've actually come to dislike the too-soft, aloe-infused, blah, blah, blah TP.
    Welcome to the Republican Party. Party of 200grit.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    i would love to get one :) for my buildings.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    independent mind wrote: Is it just me or doesn't pulped inky paper sound a little carcinogenic?
    No. :roll:
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    Carnivore wrote: [quote=independent mind]Is it just me or doesn't pulped inky paper sound a little carcinogenic?
    No. :roll:

    hmm cancer on the bums :p sounds funny as hell :p.