Paper Briquettes

If you don’t know what to do with all the paper the ends up in the dustbin. Try making Papercrete.

Papercrete is the same as concrete bur it is made with paper instead of sand and stone.

I only use paper and cement.

Here is how I make it!

I took the dustbin

 

I shred some magazines, used paper plates or any other paper products into the dustbin.

Then I put some water in the dustbin to cover the paper

I then leave it like that for two days

 

 

 

 

I made my own shredder by constructing a blade from a piece of steel.  I then use my drill to cut the paper to pieces.

 

 

I then put the pulp into a bucket that I have drilled a lot of holes in to drain the water from the pulp.

   





I then store it in a storage tank that is a plastic drum.

 

 

 

 

 

After most of the water is drained out I take a handful of the pulp

 

 

 

I start to squishes out most of the water.

 

There are various ways to do this but I found it to be the quickest way to make a briquette.

 

 

Now I put it in the sun to totally dry out. I make these for two reasons:

a.     As briquettes

b.     To store the pulp for use at a later stage.

I then just put it in water and I have pulp again

 

 

My briquettes are dry

 

 

This is how it looks when you make a fire from your briquettes

 

 

Sometime later

 

 

The ashes. You can used these ashes in your garden or in your compost heap.

 

There you are, I hope you enjoy making your own paper Briquettes.

 

Lukas Engelbrecht