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13 December 2003

E-BLUE MAKES RECYCLING EASY

Recycling paper could be made simpler by an ink that disappears when heated. Developed by the Japanese consumer electronics giant Toshiba, the erasable ink can be used in ordinary laser printers and in pens. To help distinguish it from ordinary ink it has been tinted blue, and named “e-blue”.

Toshiba has also developed a desktop erasing machine that can wipe pages clean at the rate of about 100 per hour. The company began selling e-blue printer toner, pens and erasing machines in Japan last week. The machine, which comes with a supply of erasable printer toner,…

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