Fiber, Paper, Board and Bale Construction

Paper

Paper and composites from agro-based resources by Roger M. Rowell, Raymond Allen Young, 1997

OSU Forest Research Laboratory Publications:

• Chris Biermann
  • Annual Ryegrass Straw for Paper Pulp: Straw Handling and Pre-Processing Research
• Bublitz, W.J.
  • PULPING CHARACTERISTICS OF WILLAMETTE VALLEY GRASS STRAWS 1974 Oreg. State Univ. Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull. 617 26 p. Bublitz, W.J., and J.L. Hull.
  • BLEACHING OF ANNUAL RYEGRASS STRAW PULP 1975 Tappi 58(1):78-80.

Other Research

• Paper properties of grass and straw pulps, by Mia Thykesson, Lars-Arne Sjöberg and Per Ahlgren, Industrial Crops and Products, January 1998

Crown Zellerbach Straw Pulp mill, Lebanon, OR 1899-1920

STRAW BALE HOUSES

• Ironstraw Group, Michael Thomas
• The Last Straw Journal of Straw Bale and Natural Building
• Straw Bale Construction, Sustainable Building Sourcebook, Greenbuilder
• House of Straw Straw Bale construction Comes of Age, US DOE 1995
• Straw Bale Home Construction, Catherine Wanek, El Paso Solar Energy Association
• Straw Bale House Discussion, REPP

Board Products

• Compressed-Straw Wall and Ceiling Panels from Affordable Building Systems
BuildingGreen.com

• Affordable Building Systems PrestoWall straw board panels
• Straw Board Panels Environmental Home Center, Seattle, Washington
• Meadowwood Industries.Inc. OR
• Strawboard from vapor phase acetylation of wheat strawsmall star, filled by Greggory S. Karr and Xiuzhi S. SunCorresponding Author Contact Information, Industrial Crops and Products, January 2000

Fiber Futures Straw Utilization Site (Comprehensive links for straw utilization)

• Adding Value to Wheat Straw from Biomass Magazine, about Heartland Biocomposites LLC
• UTILIZING STRAW AS A FILLER IN THERMOPLASTIC BUILDING MATERIALS, by John Simonsen, 1996 Construction and Building Materials. 10:435-440.