Both the production-process as well as the end-product are very clean and non-wasteful. In addition, Stone Paper paper is easily broken down by sunlight; 200 micron thick G-ECO paper will begin to break and crack like an egg shell in the outside air in a period of 9 to 12 months (if the material is left in the sun 10 hours a day). It can also be easily burned without the release of harmful gasses.

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Stone Paper is recyclable with plastic (percentage is only 20%). There has been no indication that Stone Paper, in any way, affects the recycling stream. It causes no disruption in the recycling centers or while sorting. Stone Paper needs to be recycled by means of the category 2 recycling stream. Stone Paper is not plastic nor pulp paper. This can be proved by burning a sheet of Stone Paper, which produces a natural chalky residue of calcium carbonate. Since calcium carbonate is used as a filler in plastics, it’s a useful addition to the category 2 plastic recycling stream. If Stone Paper does end up in the recycling stream of paper, it will be separated and re-routed to the category 2 stream and burned in an oven to generate energy. No harmful gasses are released by burning Stone Paper.
Stone Paper is a tree-free paper, that consists mostly out of calcium carbonate bound with a small percentage of non-toxic resin. In addition, it’s safely broken down by nature and will be completely gone in 9 to 12 months if left in nature. Without the exhaustion of any harmful gasses.

Despite of Stone Paper being tree-free, it shares similarities to traditional wood pulp paper in regard to elasticy and tear-resistancyin a ratio of 1:1 and 2:1.

During the production of Stone Paper, no trees, water, toxins or bleach is used. And the unused or excess is easily recycled into new Stone Paper. In addition, it is water-resistant, and since it’s tree-free and in essence fiber-free, it doesn’t absorb ink and therefore uses 15 to 20% less ink during print in comparison to wood pulp paper. The result is an extremely sharp image.