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P&P Office Waste Paper Processor

The P&P Office Waste Paper Processor is a device that recycles paper into pencils by rolling and compressing paper around a piece of pencil lead with a small amount of adhesive. The device was designed by Chinese inventors Chengzhu Ruan, Yuanyuan Liu, Xinwei Yuan, and Chao Chen.

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The P&P Office Waste Paper Processor is a device that recycles paper into pencils by rolling and compressing paper around a piece of pencil lead with a small amount of adhesive.12 The device was designed by Chinese inventors Chengzhu Ruan, Yuanyuan Liu, Xinwei Yuan, and Chao Chen.12

Design

The P&P Office Waste Paper Processor has been described by HowStuffWorks as looking like "a three-hole punch crossed with an electric pencil sharpener". The device receives paper via a slot in the side.3

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  1. Bonderud, Doug. "Want To Save Paper? The P&P Office Waste Processor Will Pencil You In". Inventor Spot. Retrieved 12 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. "P&P Office Waste Processor". Dynamic Inventions. 11 March 2013. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  3. Harris, William & Kiger, Patrick (12 January 2011). "10 Awesome New Inventions You'll Never Hear About". HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 12 January 2014.