#MATERIALS: "Erasable E-Paper Saves Trees, Cuts Costs"

Electronic paper that runs through thermal printers but can be electrically erased and rewritten aims to make tree paper obsolete. The paper makes use of flexible plastic that retains printed text without batteries or moving parts.


With all the movement to green technology, the day was bound to come when ordinary sheets of paper were replaced with electronic versions that run through printers but can be erased electrically and rewritten over and over. Made of a durable plastic, e-paper uses a similar technology to reflective e-readers, but in a more flexible form factor that does not require a battery and which can be instantly erased.



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