it s a terrible habit, we ve got to kick it. half the energy used by that industry still comes from fossil fuels, so they are causing emissions like all the other major materials producers. and amazingly, demand for paper is still going up. after 50 years of talking about the paperless office, we haven t got there. so we could change that by changing the amount of paper and packaging that we re all using. i m now going to introduce you to an invention that is so bold, so brilliant, and so extraordinary that you will think it is a trick. it isn t a trick, this is real. it s to do with solving the problem of what we can do with all the waste paper in the world, all the paper we print up and then just throw away. well, in here, there s a machine
we ve got to kick it. half the energy used by that industry still comes from fossilfuels, so they are causing emissions like all the other major materials producers. and amazingly, demand for paper is still going up. after 50 years of talking about the paperless office, we haven t got there. so we could change that by changing the amount of paper and packaging that we re all using. i m now going to introduce you to an invention that is so bold, so brilliant, and so extraordinary that you will think it is a trick. it isn t a trick, this is real. it s to do with solving the problem of what we can do with all the waste paper in the world, all the paper we print up and then just throw away. well, in here, there s a machine that s going to wipe the words off the page.
the paper industry contributes nearly one billion tonnes of carbon emissions globally every year. 0ur energy and environment analyst roger harrabin has been looking at how technology can help tackle the problem. countless millions of trees are felled worldwide to satisfy our demand for paper and cardboard. the process uses lots of heat, much of it created by polluting coal or gas. this firm in sweden is heading for zero carbon emissions, but pulp and paper worldwide is the fourth biggest carbon emitting industry. amazingly, demand for paper is still going up. after 50 years of talking about the paperless office, we haven t got there. so we could change that by changing the amount of paper and packaging that we re all using. i m now going to introduce you to an invention that is so bold, so brilliant, and so extraordinary that you will think it is a trick. it isn t a trick. this is real. it s to do with solving the problem of what we can do with all the waste paper in the world, all the
polluting coal or gas. this firm in sweden is heading for zero carbon emissions, but pulp and paper worldwide is the fourth biggest carbon emitting industry. amazingly, demand for paper is still going up. after 50 years of talking about the paperless office, we haven t got there. so we could change that by changing the amount of paper and packaging that we re all using. i m now going to introduce you to an invention that is so bold, so brilliant, and so extraordinary that you will think it is a trick. it isn t a trick. this is real. it s to do with solving the problem of what we can do with all the waste paper in the world, all the paper we print up and then just throw away. well in here, there s a machine that s going to wipe the words off the page. this is barack, who s behind the project? barack, we ve got some printed paper here.
of what we can do with all the waste paper in the world all the paper we print up and then just throw away. well, in here, there s a machine that s going to wipe the words off the page. this is barak yekutiely, who s behind the project. barak, we ve got some printed paper here. can you wipe those words off the page, please? absolutely, roger. it s done with a powerful laser and a special paper coating that stops ink soaking into the page. each sheet can be reused up to ten times. and look at the transformation. ha! that is absolutely amazing. barak, what have you done with the words? well, we basically evaporated the ink. and what s left is just pigments of the ink, which we collect. and those can be recycled back into new printer inks. so you ve vaporised the script. completely. so, how s this going to become an everyday part of office life? we re converting existing