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March 14, 2002

Hybradobe turns junk mail into buildings

  • Old newspapers and waste paper mixed with lime, soil or fly ash for bonding make a great building material, says the creator of hybradobe.
  • By SAM BENNETT
    Journal Staff Reporter

     Papercrete
    Photo courtesy Cortez Journal
    Philip Mirkin works on an addition to his Papercrete home in Egnar, Colo.

    At a time when builders are weighing the value of adding green elements, Philip Mirkin is taking green to an extreme -- proposing an earth-friendly solution at under $3 a square foot.


     
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