Is it possible to make cardboard stronger, lighter and with less material even if it is recycled? And if we could do this, more power to us, but could we make money doing it, make a profit? I wonder if it is literally impossible to do this in the US and make money out of it, and prices for new cardboard or recycled cardboard will fluctuate due to global economies and trade. Perhaps trading carbon and growing trees like the Potlach Corporation in Oregon does could help generate enough to generate a profit. Let’s talk

It’s possible? I’m not sure they are insurmountable, and in fact a member of a group of experts who lives in South Carolina near the forests, maybe your area is perfect for that, regrow with fast growing tree species and then take this cardboard to the manufacturing centers near the great sea. ports. A member of an expert group pointed out that microfine rubber and microfine milled sawdust are already used in recycled material and this makes them natural if the price is stable, and it should be if they have been used for a long time in recycling. sector. If this makes the cardboard stronger and we can use less paper, we save on trees, and if it is lighter, the better. Important now because all the same day deliveries, the next day, Amazon senders, for example, are made by air.

In fact, I agree with a member of the expert group that hybrid cardboard would be stronger even if we implemented it in virgin cardboard, adding these materials during a recycling event would guarantee the increase in resistance perhaps for several generations of your reincarnation. Tear resistance would be better, and rubber should help with moisture, very important for nations shipping from monsoon-eroded or eroded tropical regions – India, China, South Asia, etc., think smart there.

The Hybrid Cardboard concept makes perfect sense, and while this entire redesign exercise seems like a simple engineering game, like making mini-bridges with toothpicks in MIT’s engineering department with sophomores, however, the The implications of solving this problem are enormous.

Now, would such materials also allow us to change the structure of the cardboard? Instead of a wavy center with a blade on both sides, could we remove one side, the inside, or reduce the weight even more, like poking holes in an aluminum rib?

The chemistry and process are technical, sure, I get it, but it doesn’t seem difficult considering all the various strategies for dealing with recycling these days. Please think about this.