... paper became widely used. The first paper mill in the US was established in Philadelphia back in 1690, using rags. Then the newspapers started to appear in the later part of the 1600s and early 1700s. It only has been in the last 150 years that paper was made from trees, not because of the quality but because the demand for quantities created the demand for different sources. "The first patent for paper using ... sources, as individual paper fibers can only be recycled 5 to 10 times. "Paper waste prevention reduces the environmental impacts associated with both paper manufacture (includ...

• Word Count: 1264
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography