Molly DeGezelle
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: January 01, 1979
Resident City: Mankato
Resident State/Province: Minnesota
Resident Country: United States
Notes: Molly DeGezelle, invented a commercial building material composed of recycled paper and glue. Resident of Mankato, Minnesota, and inventory of a building material composed of recycled paper and glue, originally created as an entry in a science fair competition in 1991. The material is now manufactured under the trade name Environ, by Phenix Biocomposites. Collection consists of literature about the invention, including the paper she wrote for the science fair; biographical information about DeGezelle; and samples of her original invention (which she called "MollyBoard") and Environ.
Archive/Repository: IAWA, Special Collections Newman Library, MS95-014
Sources: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/specgen/msguide/mgdef.htm
Specialties
Subject: Waste Wood and Paper Recycling
Description: her concept was developed by Rho-Delta and a loan from Minnesota's Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI) resulting in a material called Environ. Environ is composed of 50% recycled newspapers and 50% food-grade soy flour.
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Institution: Loyola High School, Mankato, Minnesota
End Date: January 01, 1998
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Title: Panel Product from Old Newspapers
Author: Adele Olstad, John Zerbe
Publication: The Forest Products Conservation & Recycling Review
Volume: 10
Issue: 1
Publisher: US Forest Service, State & Private Forestry, Forest Products Laboratory
Date Published: January 01, 1998
Url: http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/tmu/resources/documents/nltr/nltr0198.htm