Re: Banana Paper!
Actually most of the trees used in paper production were planted just for that very purpose. The paper companies are some of the largest landholders and they plant the trees. Old growth timber is rarely cut for paper as it would be too big. Even the so called recycled paper has at least 65% virgin pulp 35% post consumer waste. using 100% post consumer waste wouldnt work because the wood fibers lose strength during the repulping process and this would make the paper sheet to brittle to even run on the machine, much less make a usable product such as liner board or corrugated boxes from.
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