A researcher at the FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences in Austria, Franziska Kerber has developed an idea to reduce the plastic in electronic devices, which is not very recyclable and often ends up polluting the environment.
Endorsed by Dyson££££
The idea, which has been recognized with a James Dyson Award, involves replacing plastic with paper. Specifically, densely compressed paper fibers to form the body of the product itself. The circuit board is also dissolvable and recyclable, leaving only a few essential components that can be recovered by the manufacturer at the end of its life.
Named Pape, the project creates a small electronic product (such as a smoke detector or a Wi-Fi router) that is easily recycled thanks to the simplified disposal of materials that were previously difficult to destroy or reuse, such as plastic. With Pape, the arduous phase of mechanical disassembly to recover elements such as the printed circuit is also over.
Looking for specific partners££££
Already well advanced, the project, which also looks very nice, is looking for partners to develop and manufacture the printed circuit and thus realize a finished product with high potential, capable of attracting investors while prioritizing the ecological.
