Hemp has been used for paper around the world since 600 AD. Until the year 1883, we made 75-90% of our paper from hemp. Hemp paper was used for documents, money and books. The United States Constitution and the first two drafts of the Declaration of Independence were written on hemp paper. Benjamin Franklin used hemp in America’s first paper mill.
Hemp provides a better quality paper that outlives tree-based paper, around 2,000 years. Hemp’s long fibers allow it to be recycled several times over, unlike tree-based paper. Hemp paper does not require chlorine, to bleach it white. The hemp-paper process can be done the same as the wood-paper process but without all of the toxic chemicals.
One acre of hemp is comparable to four acres of trees. Trees reach maturity around 15 to 100+ years in comparison to hemp, which is 4-5 months.
Forests are being destroyed at 10,000 times the rate than they would be under natural conditions, and half of logging goes towards making paper, which ultimately ends up in landfills a short time later.
The paper products we use and dispose of on a daily basis is absolutely insane, such as food packaging, notebooks, magazines, cardboard boxes, so on and so on.
Hemp Paper makes the most sense.
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