How is paper made?
Tree to Sheet
How is paper made?
You're holding a piece of paper right now — or you were a minute ago, or you will be tomorrow. Maybe it's crisp and white. Maybe it's crumpled in your pocket. But here's the wild part: that flat, smooth thing started its life as a tree standing in a forest, swaying in the wind.
Trees are made of millions of tiny fibers called cellulose, all bundled together like a massive pile of uncooked spaghetti strands. Those fibers give the tree its strength — they're what hold the trunk upright and let branches reach toward the sky. To make paper, we need to get those fibers out and untangle them.
