It could be the next big environmental innovation for paper recycling… Xerox is currently making progress in their experiments with “erasable paper”.
The paper has a special chemical coating that seemingly erases the ink when it is hit by UV light by turning the paper back to its original colour. There’s also the option to leave it for a certain period of time in which the ink will slowly fade away.
Whether it will catch on may be another thing altogether - the paper is useless if folded, crinkled or written on with pen.
As quoted in the Xerox press release:
“The experimental erasable paper uses light to image the paper, which automatically erases hours or days after the page is printed. Erasable paper allows reuse of the same sheet of paper, reducing paper waste. Editors of The Wall Street Journal selected the technology as an innovation that “breaks with conventional processes and goes beyond marginal improvements in products and services.”
Read the full release here: http://www.xerox.com/about-xerox/citizenship/news/erasable-paper/enus.html
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