E.J. Harris / East Oregonian A company in Eastern Washington is developing a new way to make paper pulp — without trees. The mill will instead use a source abundant to the area: straw. Farmers used to ...

THE manufacture of paper from wood pulp began on a commercial scale in 1854, as before that date the raw material ordinarily used was cotton and linen rags, esparto grass, straw, and hemp. The first ...

While toilet paper use is ubiquitous in China, North America, parts of the EU and Australia, its environmental impact is rarely discussed. Environmentalists recently began urging people to be more ...