Wood-free paper

Wood-free paper offers several environmental and economic benefits, including reduced deforestation, decreased energy consumption, and improved waste management.

In its natural form, it gives rigidity and resilience to the tree, but its presence causes paper to weaken and turn yellow as it ages and eventually disintegrate.

[7] Wood is technically a lignocellulosic material and a xylem tissue that comes from shrubs and cambium, the inner bark of trees made up of extractives, lignin, hemicellulose and cellulose.

[8] Pulp consists of wood and other lignocellulosic materials that have been broken down chemically and physically and filtered and mixed in water to reform into a web.

Chemical pulps are used to create wood free paper that is of high quality and lasts long, such as is used in arts and archiving.

[8] Chemical pulping processes take place at high pressures and temperatures under aqueous alkaline, neutral or acidic conditions, with the goal of totally removing the lignin and preserving the carbohydrates.

Mechanical pulp has low strength because the lignin interferes with hydrogen bonding between wood fibers.

[54][55][56] Here's a detailed overview of agricultural residues: Cotton is a natural fiber that has been used for thousands of years to make textiles.

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