The Paper Alternative

The May 2006 edition of Civil Engineering Magazine features an article on papercrete. Abstract below:

The Paper Alternative
By Barry J. Fuller, the founder and executive director of Arizona State University's Center for Alternative Building Studies; Apostolos Fafitis, Ph.D., F.ASCE, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Arizona State University; and Jorge L. Santamaria, a recent graduate of Arizona State with a master of science in civil and environmental engineering.

For decades intrepid environmentalists have been building homes and other structures with a material that recycles wastepaper into an alternative construction materials made with cement and other ingredients. They have claimed these 'papercrete' structures are strong, durable, and insulating - but they have had no research to back up their claims. Until now.

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