New use for old newspapers
Posted by Lisette García on November 6, 2009 at 9:24 AM
As of 2010, an eco-friendly exterior design firm will begin offering insulation made of recycled newspapers, a real estate Web site today announced. According to La Vie Immobiliere, Soprema of Strasbourg has opened a plant in Cestas capable of converting old newspapers into as much as 5,000 tonnes of heat-trapping wadding per year. Newspaper insulation is more energy efficient to produce than fiberglass, according to an October 13 article about the innovation in La Tribune.
It is not clear what impact the general decline in print newspapers has had on the price and availability of recycled materials of this kind.
It is not clear what impact the general decline in print newspapers has had on the price and availability of recycled materials of this kind.
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