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@Federation_Bot  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@ericmacknight I don't think there's a lot of limitations to the kind of plant fibres that can be used for paper. Some are easier to process than others, but I've even heard of waste like fruit peels or the leftovers from winemaking being used to make paper. Heck, you could probably use grass clippings somehow. And there's rag paper as well (usually made from cotton fabric).

If it wasn't for some pens not working particularly nicely with it, I'd point to stone paper as well - but it doesn't work very well with some inks, and I'm not sure what the binding resin is made from so it might not be much better for the environment. I have a notebook from Karst that was an impulse buy many years ago, but every time I start trying to write in it with a rollerball pen I realise why I don't use it much. (The 'stone' is sourced from building rubble.)

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@SnowyCA@social.vivaldi.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@dartigen @ericmacknight
"grrass paper"

https://www.fastcompany.com/90683919/to-use-fewer-trees-and-less-water-this-paper-is-made-from-grass

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@Federation_Bot replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@SnowyCA @ericmacknight From a skim of the article (I can copy if from reader mode if that's easier) it looks like they're still using some wood pulp in the mix, which is... disheartening. I was really hoping they'd found more options that don't require any wood pulp, or that can use recycled paper in place of it. (I guess if the amount of wood pulp needed is small enough, it could be sourced from prunings or fallen branches, or other 'waste' timber rather than cutting down whole trees just for it. But, as the article mentioned, breaking down wood into pulp also takes some pretty harsh and environmentally unfriendly chemicals, and I don't think the pieces being any smaller makes much difference there.)

But yeah, I hadn't really thought about it but there'd be a lot of grass clippings from maintaining empty grassland that's not being used for grazing. Over here, in fire prone areas it's required that you keep lawns or grass to under a certain height for fire safety, plus councils are always mowing verges and parks so there's no shortage of grass clippings. The article also mentions that the company looked at agricultural waste like tomato leaves, but I'm guessing those also use some wood pulp as well.

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@SnowyCA@social.vivaldi.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

@dartigen @ericmacknight
That was only the first article that popped up on the search page, pretty sure there are more.

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