Written by Sarah Levison
Contents Where do books come from? 2 From wood to paper At the printer
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At the warehouse
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Glossary 21 The whole journey
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Where do books come from? Did you know that this book started life as a tree? When a tree is felled, it becomes wood and some of this wood is used to make paper.
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Did you knowtr?ees
es from Most paper com able forests. grown in sustain t when older This means tha young trees are felled, d trees are plante . to replace them
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From wood to paper The wood is loaded on to a lorry and taken to a factory called a paper mill.
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The wood is put into a machine called a woodchipper and cut into woodchips.
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The woodchips are taken to a machine called a digester where they are turned into a mushy mixture called pulp.
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The pulp is cleaned with bleach to turn it white.
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