Friday, April 25, 2014

Hemp v. Wood

Hemp paper is one of the simplest things that we could do to help reduce the environmental impact that our growing world will have.  Hemp paper is a environmentally friendly option compared to the wood pulp alternative.

To grow the raw materials for paper, wood needs an average of 20-80yrs to grow to maturity. This long grow cycle makes wood ( as a source of paper) unsustainable. We currently cut down close to a billion trees per year and our forests simply can’t survive. Hemp has an incredibly rapid grow cycle of 4-6months and can be cultivated during the off season of corn and cotton and other agricultural staples.

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