How a Tree Becomes a Sheet of Paper
In short: Tracing the journey of wood from managed Scandinavian forests through kraft pulping and high-speed paper machines to the limits of fiber recycling.
A 1:36 short film in the series “Journey of a Thing”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: tandfonline.com, ““Profitability is sustainability:” framing of forest management practices by the Swedish forest industry”; PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Relationship between wettability of pulp fibers and tensile strength of paper during recycling”; Metsä Group, “Metsä Group’s principles for forest use and management”; Britannica, “Papermaking - Pulping, Refining, Bleaching | Britannica”; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “AP-42, CH 10.2: Chemical Wood Pulping”; TAPPI (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry), “Microsoft Word - The Kraft Recovery Process.doc”; Oklahoma State University Extension, “Basics of Paper Manufacturing”; University of British Columbia (Fibre Lab), “Topic-15-Papermaking-Drying-text.pdf”; Springer, “Impact of multiple paper recycle loops on the yield and properties of wood fibers and of non-wood wheat straw fibers for packaging”.
Sources used in this film
- tandfonline.com — “Profitability is sustainability:” framing of forest management practices by the Swedish forest industry · View →
- PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Relationship between wettability of pulp fibers and tensile strength of paper during recycling · View →
- Metsä Group — Metsä Group’s principles for forest use and management · View →
- Britannica — Papermaking - Pulping, Refining, Bleaching | Britannica · View →
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — AP-42, CH 10.2: Chemical Wood Pulping · View →
- TAPPI (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry) — Microsoft Word - The Kraft Recovery Process.doc · View →
- Oklahoma State University Extension — Basics of Paper Manufacturing · View →
- University of British Columbia (Fibre Lab) — Topic-15-Papermaking-Drying-text.pdf · View →
- Springer — Impact of multiple paper recycle loops on the yield and properties of wood fibers and of non-wood wheat straw fibers for packaging · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: tandfonline.com: “Profitability is sustainability:” framing of forest management practices by the Swedish forest industry
- Also: PubMed Central (PMC) / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Relationship between wettability of pulp fibers and tensile strength of paper during recycling
- Also: Metsä Group: Metsä Group’s principles for forest use and management
- Also: Britannica: Papermaking - Pulping, Refining, Bleaching | Britannica
- Also: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): AP-42, CH 10.2: Chemical Wood Pulping
- Also: TAPPI (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry): Microsoft Word - The Kraft Recovery Process.doc
- Also: Oklahoma State University Extension: Basics of Paper Manufacturing
- Also: University of British Columbia (Fibre Lab): Topic-15-Papermaking-Drying-text.pdf
- Also: Springer: Impact of multiple paper recycle loops on the yield and properties of wood fibers and of non-wood wheat straw fibers for packaging
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