Half of that was papermaking, ink mixing, printing, transport, inventory, and the warehousing of physical goods.

NEWYORKER: A New Page

When it comes to papermaking, long fibres of cellulose are preferable to short ones.

ECONOMIST: GM trees are on their way

Just weeks later, in 1999, it filed for bankruptcy protection, reeling from downturns in mining and papermaking equipment and freewheeling spending by former chief Jeffrey Grade.

FORBES: The Big Dig

Hanson, who had been the head of operations at the underground mining division, soon sold the ailing papermaking unit and moved the company out of its posh headquarters on Lake Michigan.

FORBES: The big dig

It says the way to reduce paper use lies in cutting consumption in industrialised countries, improving papermaking efficiency, and using more recycled paper and materials other than wood in manufacture.

BBC: Half paper waste 'could be saved'

The 300, 000 litres (66, 000 gallons) of water that the firemen poured on the blaze helped to flush out the acid that had been used in the original papermaking process and which had previously been destroying the books.

ECONOMIST: The Duchess Anna Amalia library