Different Paper Types

It was from this plant only that the name paper was derived.

• Paper, among many materials, has one of the highest recycling rates. In the United States, nearly 50 million short tons of paper and paperboard were recovered in 2019.

• Since paper can be classified as a renewable resource, recovery is crucial within the paper industry.

• Historians believe that in 3500 B. C. Egyptians first discovered paper. It was made from a reedy plant papyrus which grew around river Nile in Egypt.