Question from Mary
Hi Debra,
There is paper made from sugar cane, but isn’t sugar cane one of the crops grown from GMO and so wouldn’t the paper have residues of glyphosphate?
Debra’s Answer
I love sugar cane paper and was just about to buy some.
“GMO sugar can exists but is not widely used.” www.theorganicprepper.ca/sweet-life-how-to-source-non-gmo-sugar-for-your-pantry-11282012
So while I can’t say there is no glyphosate contamination from the environment, it isn’t routinely used on sugar cane crops.
This is interesting. I don’t know if I’d ever heard of sugar cane paper before. I just did a quick search; it looks like it is copy paper (printer paper) that is made form sugar cane instead of from trees. Is this what you are referring to? Can you share more about why you like it, Debra? Because of the environmental aspect? Does it work the same as other types of printer paper?
I haven’t ever seen sugar cane copy paper but here it is at Staples. They don’t carry it at my local Staples store, but we can order online. I’m going to try it because it costs less than recycled paper.
I buy spiral-bound notebooks with this paper. I like it because it is made from the sugar canes left over from sugar production, which there are plenty of. The paper is like other paper but a little more brittle, which doesn’t bother me. There doesn’t seem to be anything toxic about this paper from my using it—I haven’t tracked down it’s exact ingredients.
By the way, if I remember correctly, you can order anything from Staples online and have it delivered to your local store, and not pay shipping.
Here are more items at amazon.com made from sugar cane.