Canada developed a new type of paper

Recently, a Canadian pulp mill has developed a new type of paper whose raw materials are replaced with local ordinary crop fibers instead of wood, and the texture, strength, and toughness of the resulting paper are comparable to those of traditional wood pulp.

It is well-known that felling primary forests has a negative impact on the global climate, and tree-cutting has always been resisted and condemned for papermaking. Recently, a new type of paper was developed at a pulp mill in northern Alberta, Canada. The raw materials were replaced with local ordinary crop fibers instead of wood. The texture, strength, and toughness of the paper obtained were comparable to those of traditional wood pulp.

The pulp mill spent 40 million U.S. dollars to build a dedicated pulp mill trial shop. The director of the plant said that the new type of paper can be applied to office paper, tobacco paper, sanitary paper, export paper, and even print cash.

The manager of the pulp mill informed: “We are planning to renovate and expand a number of pulp milling workshops. Our pulp milling plant is continuously operating seven days a week. At present, the technical capacity of this pulp milling trial plant is to process 1,000 tons of wheat per day. Stalks and other raw materials. This figure will surely double in the next five years."

The pulp mill is signing contracts with local farmers to extensively cultivate related crops. It is reported that an average of 1 ton of straw hay can be produced per acre of cultivated land. There are 50 million acres of agricultural land in Alberta. Data processor of Alberta Agriculture Department explained that 23% of the local wheat straw hay is used as feed for cattle and sheep. The raw materials for this new type of paper include flax fiber, hemp fiber, cereal fiber, rice straw, wheat straw, etc., all from ordinary crops.

Can non-wood fiber replace wood fiber? In order to change the status quo of paper-cutting for tree-cutting, many paper-making companies around the world have made extensive attempts for a long time. As we all know, the forest resources are extremely limited, and it takes many years to produce timber, while agricultural materials such as corn, flax and weeds have a much shorter growth cycle and require much less care.

As a result, the new papermaking technology at the Canadian Pulp Mill was praised by environmental agencies.