Ecomaterials Lab: A laptop made from paper?

Kiley Lambert ( Bio  /   Posts )  |  Friday, April 22, 2011 UTC


PEGA D&E's Material for the Future

Happy Earth Day! In honor of the occasion, we'd like to take this opportunity to showcase a unique bit of Earth-friendly ecomaterials engineering courtesy of the folks at PEGA D&E.

They have developed the Paper PP Alloy, a new alloy made from paper and polypropylene designed to replace plastics in consumer electronics. The alloy is able to be injection-molded just like traditional thermoplastics (without having to change the manufacturing process) and has comparable durability. However, unlike traditional thermoplastics, the Paper PP Alloy is comparatively inexpensive, biodegradable, recyclable and reusable.

This revolutionary achievement is just the latest from PEGA, which in the past has designed laptop components from bamboo, cellulose acetate, and polylactic acid (PLA).

Photos: PEGA D&E

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