eli5: Why aren’t bamboo products like Toilet Paper/Paper towels considerably cheaper than their tree counterparts?
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The major cost to making paper is separating the lignin from cellulose. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignin) Interestingly is the fact that corn is one of the few plants that matures with out increasing the amount of lignin in its cells. This would make corn fodder a great candidate to make paper with but it’s cellulose fibers are too long and knot up. https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/MP/nbsmiscellaneouspub147.pdf
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