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Mag Uses Wheat Paper for Green Issue

Posted May 23, 08 8:56 AM CDT in Science & Health,  World 

(Newser) – A Canadian magazine is printing a special environmental issue on paper made from wheat straw, the CBC reports. Canadian Geographic's "wheat sheets," made from harvest waste, will be a first for a North American magazine. Environmentalists say using wheat-straw pulp could save millions of trees every year and help farmers boost their incomes.

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"Canada's forests are disappearing at an alarming rate," the environmentalist behind the 'wheat issue' idea said. "100 million trees are logged every year in Canada just to make newsprint."   ((c) pfly)
Farmers collect bales of wheat straw. A Canadian magazine is printing a special issue on wheat-straw pulp.   (Getty Images (by Event))
Environmentalists say that using wheat-straw pulp to make paper could save millions of trees in North America every year.   (Earth Explorer)
The pages of the new issue of 'Canadian Geographic' are made from wheat straw.   (Canadian Geographic)
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