Penrita

Penrita/ ペンリタ

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Penrita is a bio-polymer pencil that I developed from my earlier project, WHITE SACK (AWRD: 14892826). Since the majority of them are cellulose or organic fibre from plants, I realised that it is possible to turn them into wood after realising that White Sack's vermicompost is made by feeding earthworms cardboard, corrugated fibreboard, or mould pulp.
Vermicompost is best used when it is crumbly and moist for plants, as its benefits may diminish as it dries out.
The first step in making Penrita is to totally dry them out and then grind them into a powder so they can absorb liquid and solidify.
A key component for turning dried organic materials from paper waste into a solid product that resembles a wooden stick is tamarind gum ooze. Then, to make them more durable and sharpenable, combine them with shell marl and refined sugar.
Since no chemical or synthetic adhesive has been used, the final image doesn't look particularly elegant. However, it is precisely as biodegradable as organic compost.
Penrita sharpening scraps can be managed as a useful waste because they decompose into soil elements just like vermicompost. Remember how we used tossing away pencil scraps in plant pots as kids, assuming that they might help the plants?
Paper waste is converted to vermicompost in order to create biodegradable pencils. Penrita may be a closed-loop writing equipment that benefits the source of raw materials used to make paper.

When writing with a wooden pencil, people may dispose of their sharpening pieces in plant pots, understanding that they may deteriorate, according to childhood behaviours.
The fact that this pencil was made from consumer waste (corrugated fibreboard, cardboard, and moulded pulp) and can be supplied to trees as organic earthworm casts could make it a viable alternative to wooden pencils.
For the planet: As is well known, agroforestry is a must for the modern economy, and wooden pencils are industrial goods that are important to education. Although pencils and paper are both made of wood, writing with them can help children develop fine-motor skills. Penrita creates a new circular because it was produced from decomposed paper waste. Scraps from sharpening and sorting paper waste could be used to assist plants grow.
For people: This is an upcycled product that has the same credit as organic compost and pencils. It could persuade people of the value of sorting paper waste. It might be the manufacturing of biopolymers.
For Profit - Tamarind Gum Ooze, a crucial ingredient, is more costly than synthetic adhesive, therefore Penrita might not be able to compete with wooden pencils at this level of development. However, it is valuable because it has the potential to turn vermicompost into a solid material that is as durable as wood.
Penrita's design could be considered sustainable due to its interconnected circulars. Used paper can be turned into organic compost, which can be used as the primary ingredient in writing instruments that are 100% biodegradable and designed to improve the consistency of soil. This explains why Penrita appears to be rough and clay-like. It could only be painted chemically as same as other wooden pencils, which would rule out organic.)

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Companionship, in my opinion, is necessary for sorting waste rather than dumping it entirely. In particular, paper waste is misunderstood because it is easily deformed and emits carbon when it comes into mixed waste liquid.
The goal behind my previous project, White Sack: Sorted Paper Waste Management by Vermicomposting, was to use organic processes to turn paper waste—such as cardboard, corrugated fibreboard, and mold—into useful leftovers that may benefit trees and plants. I found a tried-and-true method for converting sorted paper waste into earthworm feed by using ruminant digestion. Earworms can eat decomposing paper waste, and their cast is just as beneficial as organic compost. Developing a routine for sorting paper waste and sending it to vermicomposting is difficult for a modest project (with full operation, it could not be home composting like other in-house waste management). Even so, I think vermicomposting paper waste can potentially transform any green space into a waste management area, offset carbon emissions, and maintain green space.
Even though it takes a while, I think sifting paper waste with White Sack could result in new timber.
After realising that wood sticks are likely bio-polymers, I designed a method to use vermicompost as a cellulose material for bio-polymers. I'm looking for an organic adhesive that can help combine compound clay with tamarind gum ooze.
Although it is more complicated than conventional vermicomposting and pencil manufacture, Penrita could currently be developed to produce in semi-mass production, with the end product combining waste into raw material with almost the same contribution.

Penrita is maybe the first biodegradable writing instrument made from paper waste. Forestry products are used to make the writing surface and paper. Because it is made from the residues of other materials, Penrita might be counted as a carbon offset pencil especially now that anyone may regularly shop online.
Over four years have been spent studying and researching the potential for vermicomposting from sorted paper waste to provide value. My goal in designing anything out of vermicompost is to persuade people to sort paper waste, particularly cardboard, corrugated fibreboard, and moulded pulp. Particular types of paper waste, may not be sold to recycling centres for a higher price as like PET or aluminium cans. Even more concerning is the misconception that paper waste may degrade even while it is disposed of with food scraps. When paper waste gets wet, the chemical adhesive, printing ink, and pulp bleach inside will emit carbon right away. It is more detrimental to the environment to unsort those kinds of paper waste than to comprehend it. Therefore, I would like to create a common object that is simple to use and alters people's perceptions around the sorting of paper waste.
Due to its vermicompost origin, most Penrita may decomposed gradually without causing any harm when wet, with the exception of graphite or carbon sticking inside.
Imagine the conceptual advantages of using Penrita sharpening scraps as nutrients for paper trees. Additionally, it might serve as an awareness of the significance of waste sorting. In addition to being necessary, it may regenerate a new common objects.
Penrita is maybe the first biodegradable writing instrument made from paper waste. Forestry products are used to make the writing surface and paper. Because it is made from the residues of other materials, Penrita might be counted as a carbon offset pencil especially now that anyone may regularly shop online.
Over four years have been spent studying and researching the potential for vermicomposting from sorted paper waste to provide value. My goal in designing anything out of vermicompost is to persuade people to sort paper waste, particularly cardboard, corrugated fibreboard, and moulded pulp. Particular types of paper waste, may not be sold to recycling centres for a higher price as like PET or aluminium cans. Even more concerning is the misconception that paper waste may degrade even while it is disposed of with food scraps. When paper waste gets wet, the chemical adhesive, printing ink, and pulp bleach inside will emit carbon right away. It is more detrimental to the environment to unsort those kinds of paper waste than to comprehend it. Therefore, I would like to create a common object that is simple to use and alters people's perceptions around the sorting of paper waste.
Due to its vermicompost origin, most Penrita may decomposed gradually without causing any harm when wet, with the exception of graphite or carbon sticking inside.
Imagine the conceptual advantages of using Penrita sharpening scraps as nutrients for paper trees. Additionally, it might serve as an awareness of the significance of waste sorting. In addition to being necessary, it may regenerate a new common objects.

Children need a pencil to practise their fine motor skills after using a crayon and before writing with a pen. Paper sheets are still necessary for all classes, however it is impossible to deny their use for educational purposes. Or, to put it another way, ignoring the value of paper and pencil is another compelling argument to use forest products. This term, reducing resource waste could be achieved by producing educational accessories from classroom waste.
I found the uniqueness of earthworms' contribution through my research and operations of White Sack, sorted paper waste management with vermicomposting. Any matter that a group of microbes from ruminant digestion could deteriorate, earthworms could eat it, and their cast has been transformed into degraded organic cellulose.
Tamarind gum ooze is remarkable because it dries slowly, absorbs easily by fibre (much like other organic adhesives), and maintains form when combined with cellulose powder to create compound clay. I developed an approach that combines dried vermicompost powder and tamarind gum oozing; to make it more lasting, it also requires shell marl and refined sugar. Waiting for it to form and dry out is the hardest part of Penrita production. However, once finished, it may function similarly like a wooden stick.
In order to make Penrita completely biodegradable, I would prefer to avoid adding any chemicals to it.
The decomposition of pencil scraps into vermicompost in soil is another advantage of it. This is the main point I want to make when I introduce White Sack's formula in terms of Penrita. I want people to understand the impact and design their routine to sort out rather than throw all away.