Paper school

Canadian-Taiwanese couple John Lamorie and Shelly Wu recently unveiled an environmentally-friendly school made of paper in the southern province of Pingtung.

The private school of paper has just been put to use in Binh Dong district, southern Taiwan.Photo: Reuters

The school has an area of ​​75m2, built from more than 1,000 kg of old newspaper papers donated by students in the area from the "small plan" for a reward for Lamorie's prize. The Lamorie couple have worked hard to create this special school for about a year and are now in use.

After having enough newspaper to build construction materials, with the experience of construction workers, Lamorie and his wife crushed the whole issue and mixed it with a special mixture of water and cement, then They use this mixture to build walls for schools.

After completing the construction, Lamorie used an external silicon coating to protect the school from weather damage. The school has a capacity of 16 local students.

"I think a lot about how to build environmentally friendly products, especially using reusable materials , " Lamorie said he and his wife are also building a pizza restaurant that sells pizza. locally.