Hemp Paper

On an annual basis, 1 acre of hemp produces more paper, as much as that of 2 to 4 acres of  what trees would generate. Hemp can produce tissue paper to cardboard, all type of paper products. This as trees are made up of only 30% cellulose. The other 70% of the tree must be removed using toxic chemicals, until the cellulose can be formed into paper. The higher the percentage of cellulose in a plant, the better, as fewer chemicals is used, therefore less work needs to be done before the paper can be made. It can be recycled many more times than tree-based-paper and requires less toxic chemicals to manufacture. The quality of hemp paper is superior to tree-based-paper, this as hemp paper can last hundreds of years without degrading.

For instance let us take into consideration the Gutenberg bible, made of hemp and the “first book” made on a printing press. It is still available today. In fact up until 1883, 75% to 90% of all paper in the world was made from cannabis hemp fibre  There are many famous writing besides the Gutenberg bible that were written on hemp paper and these include; the king James bible of the 17^th century and the first draft of the U.S declaration of independence just to name a few. 

                                          A parent of a marijuana plant 

 Similar sites:

http://www.neatorama.com/2013/07/04/Was-the-Declaration-of-Independence-Written-on-Hemp/#!ljGyw

http://www.luxist.com/2008/01/31/the-world-of-rare-books-the-gutenberg-bible-first-and-most-val/

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