Wheelersburg and Lancaster, Ohio | During my 28 years in the industry I’ve begged to go tour a mill. For some reason International Paper is very secretive about what happens at other plants and mills. I’m not 100% what they use to make the pulp stick together. But “pulp” is just a slurry of finely ground or processed wood. When cardboard or any paper is recycled the wood fibers get shorter. Shorter fibers make the whole process of putting the three or five layers of paper together. Cutting, sizing, printing, and making it into a box are all just a lot harder.
However on our end the adhesive that “glues” the layers of paper together is a very simple mixture of mostly corn starch and water. In a three thousand pound batch there is 900 lbs corn starch, 30lbs sodium hydroxide, and 25 lbs borax. Our automated mixing system for that adhesive requires a lot of maintenance. I’m one of three guys old enough to remember how it’s supposed to work. So I end up spending a lot of time working on it.
Sorry to ramble but hope that helps clear up why I think it could be part of a feed ration.
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Cardboard for feed
