What is Tree Free Paper?
Tree-Free Paper is manufactured without the use of tree fibre. It is made from alternative agricultural fibres such as vegetable fibres obtained from quickly renewed annual crops such as hemp, flax, cereal straw, corn etc. And in the case of the Costa Rica Natural Paper Co., fibres from agri waste are used to create the paper, not only preserving the forest but eliminating thousands of tons of waste from the landfill each year. Annually the banana harvest produces 230 000 tons of banana stalks that are destined for the landfill (and rivers) where they rot and oxidize harming the local eco system. Compound this annually and add other agri waste produced from coffee, coconut, mango etc and there is a devastating problem. However, alternative paper manufacturing is addressing this problem by creating beautiful products that utilize this waste. 1 ton of fibre saves approximately 17 trees, wow, 230 000 tons would save 3 910 000 trees annually!!!
