OEM Stone Paper Packaging Sticker Label Stone Paper Waterproof

Product Description

Recycle process

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.

Details
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.

Stone Paper has a direct influence on the environment. Replacing regular paper by Stone Paper results in a significant decrease in environmental impact. CO2 exhaustion is dramatically lower and above all, the production process is very clean. No water is used, no bleach or chemical solutions and of course not a single tree is felled.

We compared the sustainability of Stone Paper vs regular paper
Cradle-to-gate: we took in account all CO₂-exhaustion as a result of: attaining, processing and transporting of raw materials; producing the paper; transport from the factory, and intermediate storage, to the client. Stone Paper produces 474 kg CO2 per ton compared to 1.431 kg CO2 per ton for pulp paper.
Raw materials and their impact on the environment
Stone Paper: Calciumcarbonate (80%), originating from waste material from stone quarries, completely recyclable, recycle-percentage 58%. Recycled HDPE (20%), completely recyclable, recycle-percentage 27% Pulp paper: wood pulp is produced from wood, for this 18 trees are required, wood pulp can be recycled up to 8 times max, recycle-percentage 69%, 92% of forests for pulp-production has a certificate for sustainable forestation.
Comparison: Stone Paper is produced entirely from recycled waste material and has a minimal impact on the environment, all the while 18 trees are required to be chopped down to produce 1.000 kg of pulp paper, which can only be replaced after slowly growing them back. Pulp paper has a higher recycling percentage than Stone Paper, but can only be recycled up to 8 times.
Water consumption during production
Stone Paper: the production process is free from water consumption: 0 liter water per 1.000 kg Pulp paper: during production 35.000 liter of water is used, of this 2.770 liter per 1.000 kg pulp paper is consumed and the rest is re-used later.
Comparison: By choosing for 1.000 kg of Stone Paper over 1.000 kg of pulp paper the consumption of 2.770 liter of water is prevented. This is equal to the drink water consumption (coffee, tea, glass of water, etc.) of an average person over the course of more than 50 months.
Waste that is not re-used during the production process
Stone Paper: no waste during the production process: 0 kg waste per 1.000 kg Pulp paper: almost no waste during the production process: 15 kg waste per 1.000 kg.
Comparison: Both types of paper have a very low waste percentage. Stone Paper scores slightly better on this area than pulp paper.