Who says paper doesn’t hold water! Dutch designer Jo Meesters has designed a collection of watertight vessels out of waste paper pulp and resin, making use of discarded vessels as moulds. The collection, called PULP, started out as a research project searching for alternative materials that could be made out of waste paper. By combining the paper pulp with epoxy and polyurethane, a new material is born that can hold water.
[via: dezeen]
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I believe to hold water is one thing, great, but using epoxy and polyurethane, what will you do with the polluted water afterwards? What is it’s purpose? I have also made this same combination of materials and found it was not healthy. I used these materials for making a foundation for a living sculpture, housing many plants. Held water, sure but how would this effect the health of the plants, I wonder? Have you ever smelt epoxy? These are hazardous materials in my opinion, unsafe and not green savvy.
Oh so its a plastic cup…
Here is an even greener plastic cup
http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/merchandiser/25076.jpg
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