However, according to the website, Conserve a Tree, paper has been made from wood only since the mid 1800s; before the 1850s, paper was made from recycled linen and cotton rags. ... The down side is that CIWMB tells us that even if all paper was recycled, there would still be a need for virgin paper sources, as individual paper fibers can only be recycled 5 to 10 times. ... "Additionally, the processing of tree-free fibers to produce pulp for paper-making requires considerable less energy and chemical input than does the processing of wood-based fibers. ... Kenaf belongs to the hibiscus fam...

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Some components within the paper are prone to cause this problem if the paper is made from mechanical wood pulp or ground wood pulp instead of pure cotton fibers, for example, it is more likely to discolor or to cause photochemical reaction when expose to sunlight (Banik & Bruckle 2012, p. 291). ...

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