How is tissue paper made?
For grown-ups: the science
Tissue paper is made by mixing thin wood fibers with water, spreading them thin, and drying them.
Most tissue paper is made mainly from wood-derived pulp fibers. Wood chips are processed to extract pulp, which is mixed into water and formed into sheets on a papermaking machine's mesh screen, then dewatered and dried. Some products use recycled pulp, and there are extra steps to adjust softness and strength, plus folding, cutting, and boxing.
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That soft, fluffy tissue—what's it made from?
Tissue paper starts as thin fibers hidden inside wood. The wood gets chopped into tiny pieces and mixed with water to make a soft, watery mush.
The watery mixture gets spread thin over a screen. As the water drains through, the fibers overlap and layer together.
The layered fibers are squeezed tight and dried well. Once it's soft paper, it gets cut to the right size to fit in a box.
When wood fibers are spread out in water, layered, and dried, they become tissue paper.