Green Options » pulp and paper industry http://greenoptions.com/tag/pulp-and-paper-industry Posts tagged 'pulp and paper industry' Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:02:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Chicago Firm Markets Tree-Free Paper http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/12/chicago-firm-markets-tree-free-paper/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/12/chicago-firm-markets-tree-free-paper/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:02:44 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/12/chicago-firm-markets-tree-free-paper/ Lee Russell, U.S.D.A., at Wikimedia Commons, public domain.)File this in the “pretty cool” folder: a Chicago-based company has found a way to make paper without using trees (and it doesn’t involve recycling used tree-based paper).

GPA calls Ultra Green Film an “eco-friendly substrate” that not only doesn’t require trees, but doesn’t need water or bleach to make either. Instead, the paper is limestone-based, made of mineral powders bound together with small amounts of high-density polyethylene and a non-toxic resin.

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