Handmade solution to reverse manmade pollution

Can you guess the number of trees required to produce all the paper in the world? The figure, no doubt, would be mind-boggling. Worldwide, the production of paper is over 300 million tons per year, and 90 per cent of it is wood pulp and mill-made. The wood pulp and paper-producing industry is also responsible for disastrous environmental changes, some of which are the depletion of non-renewable resources and rise of greenhouse gases. To make amends, it developed an alternative for paper without cutting treesthe most eco-friendly handmade paper in the world, made of cotton rag waste and plant fibres.

- Jamuna Rangchari

This alternative consumes minimum electricity, water, and chemicals, and reduces environmental pollution.