Paper from leaves

Some interesting news from the world of Pulp & Paper...!

Valentin Frechka, a young Ukrainian scientist has created the first paper made out of fallen leaves. It was an idea he had while still at school and although still aged only twenty, he has developed the idea and run a successful industrial test.

While at school, Valentin won a gold medal for science at the 2018 Genius Olympiad in New York for his idea. He is now a student at Taras Shevchenko National University in Kiev and has teamed up with business partner Andriy Vartsaba to set up a development company, Re-leaf Paper, to evolve this new technology.

Please don't think that this is a readily available product from stock - IT IS NOT!  There are no samples available.

At present, it is an extremely interesting idea but the technology is still very much in the development stage and the industrial capacity to process the leaves would still need to be developed, but there is real promise that this may well prove to be a viable and energy efficient alternative to woodpulp for some grades of paper and board, especially for packaging.

It's great to have a good news story in this industry and also at this particular time when the world is occupied dealing with the Covid crisis. 

Our congratulations and best wishes to Valentin Frechka.

https://www.re-leaf-paper.com/

Posted by Justin Hobson 20.02.2021