Newspaper Brick Maker
Post by Meghan Scott
Calling all packrats: do you have a stack of papers slowly building its own city in a corner of your garage? Ever stare at that stack of newspapers and wonder when you might actually get around to carting it all to the recycling center? Here’s a different fix that doesn’t involve any heavy lifting and gives your old papers a second life in the home — the Newspaper Brick Maker, creating recycled paper bricks to keep you warm (and, maybe, give the kids a project for the afternoon).
The concept is pretty straightforward: the Brick Maker takes compressed wet newspaper and drives it into 8 1/2″ x 3 1/4″ bricks that burn at the rate of about 4 per hour. Simply soak your newspaper in a bucket or tub (and mix in any assortment of sawdust, grass clippings, or aromatic chips if desired) and fill the brick maker, then press down on the handles to compact the lot. Once removed from the device just allow time for your brick to dry and use it as you would a log of wood in your stove or fireplace. Made of heavy painted steel, the Brick Maker is available from Harriet Carter for $29.98.
One Response to “Newspaper Brick Maker”
why would anyone want newpaper bricks???
weird!
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