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How do people make paper out of trees, and why not use something else?

  • Written by Beverly Law, Professor Emeritus of Global Change Biology and Terrestrial Systems Science, Oregon State University
How do people make paper out of trees, and why not use something else?Future notebook paper?Not4rthur/Flickr, CC BY-SAHow do people make paper out of trees, and why not use something else?

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How do people make paper out of trees, and why not use something else? – Cooper H., age 6, St. Louis, Missouri

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