What Material is Used for Paper?

 What Trees can be Made into Paper?

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Paper is made from cellulose or wood fiber, which is obtained from pulp or pulp. The length of the wood fiber or cellulose fiber is important in the selection of wood from which trees can be pulped. Trees for paper production are generally planted specifically in industrial plantations or cut down from timber plantations. Sometimes the trees used to make paper can also be used as raw materials for some wood products for building materials.

What materials can paper be made of?

Wood. In general, paper is made from wood with high fiber content and low water content. Bamboo. In China, Korea, and Japan, paper is generally made from bamboo tree trunks, which are easily available and cheap raw materials there. Papyrus. 

A type of grass that grows in watery areas, Papyrus was used by the Egyptians as a raw material for making paper. This Egyptian nation, according to historical records, became the pioneer of paper making in the world. Animal skin. Untanned animal skins – generally lamb, calf or goat – can also be made into a type of paper known as parchment or vellum.

So.. What trees can be made into paper?

There are various types of wood around the world that are commonly used for the paper and pulp industry, for example:

• Pine and spruce trees in North America

• Various types of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus Globulus and Eucalyptus Grandis) in Latin America, Spain and Australia

• Acacia Trees (Commonly Acacia Mangium) in Southeast Asia and South Africa

• Balsam Poplar and Fir trees are common in Canada

• Aspen Trees in Europe

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