Paper was invented by the Chinese during the Han Dynasty and slowly spread to the west. The first country in Europe to make and manufacture paper was Spain and Sicily in the 10th century, then the craft of papermaking reached Italy, South France and Germany.
The rapid expansion of European paper production was truly enhanced at the beginning of the Printing Revolution in the 15th century and invention of the printing press.
Paper remained expensive through the centuries. In the 19th century steam-driven paper making machines enabled to make paper with fibres from wood pulp. Together with the invention of the mass produced pencil and the fountain pen, wood based paper caused a major transformation in paper production making it chaper and easily available.
The word "paper" is etymologically derived from papyros. Papyrus is a thick, paper-like material produced from the Cyperus papyrus plant. It is a 'lamination of natural plants, while paper is manufactured from fibres whose properties have been changed by maceration or disintegration'.
Did you know...?
In 1997 the total world paper and paperboard production was 299,044 metric tons. It would take about 200,000 Volkswagen Beetle cars to equal this weight.
Americans throw out enough paper each year to build a 12-foot high wall from New York to Los Angeles.
No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than seven times!
Recycling one ton of paper saves about 17 trees.
40% of rubbish is paper.
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