Digital BW, The Print

Richard wrote:

"Does anyone know if Rag or Alpha Cellulose is more environmentally
friendly?"

I am certainly not an expert in this area but I can tell you that cotton
papers are largely produced from recycled cotton remnants from the garment
industry, such as blue jeans and T-shirt manufacturers. There is seldom any
"virgin" cotton in most of these papers. Of course, cotton is a renewable
resource.

There is also some question about the environmental impact of optical
brighteners so the use of a paper without OBs is also probably better from
an environmental standpoint. I have done work for Crane & Co. and can tell
you that Crane's Museo papers, for instance have no OBs.

Rick