New unprinting method can help recycle paper and curb environmental costs

Imagine if your printer had an ‘unprint’ button that used pulses of light to remove toner – and thereby quintupled the lifespan of recycled paper. A Rutgers-led team has created a new way to unprint paper that, unlike laser-based methods, can work with the standard, coated paper used in home and office printers.
Source: EurekaAlert, https://www.eurekalert.org