Tree-free paper
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Tree-free paper, or tree-free
entire life cycle
.
Sources of fiber for tree-free paper include:[1][2]
- agricultural residues (e.g. sugarcane bagasse, husks and straw)
- fiber crops and wild plants, such as bamboo, kenaf, hemp, jute, and flax
- textiles and cordage wastes
Non-fiber sources include:
- calcium carbonate bound by a non-toxic high-density polyethylene resin
replanting and re-cutting of wide swaths of forest. These limitations have made farm grown wood pulp
the paper industry's overwhelming scalable raw material of choice.
The paper industry's answer to "tree-free" paper has been focused on "
waste paper
" as a tree-free alternative, even though the vast majority of "recycled waste paper" originally started its life cycle from tree grown pulp.
Commercial low cost production technology coupled with limited resource abundance, plus low cost transportation to commercial business markets, had created a barrier, which virtually limited true "tree-free" paper from developing into anything more than small niche markets with even smaller niche market players. Furthermore, grasses and annual plants often have high
fly ash
when burned.
See also
References
- ^ "Treefree 101". Retrieved 2008-10-15.
- ^ Paper, Bluecat (2019-06-25). "Ways to make Easy tree – free paper". Handmade paper. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
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