I loved this article about a Canadian entrepreneur who is producing paper from sugarcane fiber.
There are some fascinating nuggets – e.g., one large oak tree probably produces 5000 sheets of paper. Roy Minto’s company instead focuses on waste from the sugar manufacturing process – sugarcane “bagasse.”
While the paper production industry continues to decline with fewer people using paper, there’s still a lot of paper manufactured from hundreds of thousands of trees every year.
Paper made from such crop residue is already the norm in China, India, Mexico and many other countries. It makes full use of the crop while being significantly better for the environment.
I’m glad for the efforts of companies like Social Print. We need more of this.
(H/T: The Daily Difference)
