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Paper from cotton waste

author(s) Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
from Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
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  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

CTA. 1988. Paper from cotton waste. Spore 16. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

A paper industry in a Sahelian country menaced by drought and desertification seems inconceivable but Mali has a 'paper workshop' where engineers are experimenting with paper-making from alternative raw materials including cotton stalks. Cotton is...

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