Customized Notebook Stone Paper RPD120um Waterpfoof Tear Resistant Biodegradable

Stone paper is made using calcium carbonate, a compound found in rocks, and bio-resin. The two materials are combined to form a non-toxic and recyclable material that has the texture and look of regular paper. The production process involves crushing the calcium carbonate into powder, melting the resin, combining the two ingredients together and then cooling them. Once cooled, the mixture is extruded through rollers which form sheets of stone paper. The sheets are then cut into desired sizes for use as stationery items such as notebooks or cards.

Our mission
Stone Paper commits to the reduction of, among others, paper packaging to unburden our forests and fragile nature. We strive to a progressive awareness of doing business business with the collective wish to protect our environment for the future generation. We believe that everyone can make a difference, that everyone is responsible and should be an example.

With today’s knowledge about our environment no one can deny that, on corporate or personal level, action must be taken. As more companies use Stone Paper, we increase our contribution to protect the environment. By raising awareness, providing an alternative and encouraging action with Stone Paper we give companies the choice to:

Take responsibility
Preserve the environment
Lower CO2 exhaustion
Communicate their values
Connect to their clients
Create a win-win situation for all those involved

Stone paper is a new paper made from stone powder and HDPE.1. Thickness from 100um to 400um;
2. Basic weight: 120 144 168 192 216 240;
Below are the key benefits of Stone Paper:

• 100% Tree Free
• Water Proof
• Tear Resistant
• Durable
• Recyclable
• Photo Degradable, No Toxic Release
• Grease Repellent
• Heat Sealable
• Fire Resistant
• Anti Moth
• Insect Proof
• Moisture Proof
• Complies with FDA Standards
• ROHS Certified (for Electrical and Electrical Equipment)
• Stable Whiteness

Stonepaper – material & recycling

1. How is stone paper made?

The stone paper production process is an invention from Taiwan. Over the past 20 years, a technology was developed to produce paper with less impact on the World than traditional pulp paper. The stone paper now has a Cradle to Cradle silver certificate and the technology is spreading rapidly around the World. We would like to share the basic process of making stone paper.

The stones used for the production of stone paper are calcium carbonate, and come from mines. The color of the stones, is the color that the paper will take on. Therefore, mainly white/yellow-white stones are used.

These stones are ground to dust, then mixed with a little (partly recycled) HDPE. This component functions as ‘glue’ for the stone minerals. Due to this combination of resources, recycling of the material becomes infinite. The Calcium Carbonate minerals don’t lose their form, as opposed to pulp paper fibers that do break after recycling and end up as waste in the end.

The heated mix of HDPE and dust pellets, become a texture comparable to a balloon. This mixture can be stretched out very high, and thus as thin as wished for. At the same time the material cools down and can then be rolled up into paper rolls.

2. Why is stone paper more sustainable than pulp paper?

In this chart, you can see the difference in resource usage in production for both stonepaper and virgin – as well as recycled pulp paper.

3. Why did stone paper receive a cradle to cradle certificate?

Stone paper is cradle to cradle certified by the official cradle to cradle Institute. The paper has a silver cradle to cradle label. On the right you can see what valuation was given to different aspects of the paper production.

Cradle to cradle literally means there is no ‘grave’ for the product after it has been used. The material does not need to leave any waste behind after usage, but can be properly recycled.

4. How to recycle stone paper?

Stone paper is made from original stonep powder and can thus be recycled easily.

In theory, stonepaper is infinitely recyclable. If there were a stonepaper recycling stream, we would be able to fully re-use all stonepaper. However, in practice this still works a bit different, mainly due to a lack of sufficient volume for an own recycling stream.

We advise you to throw away stone paper, with plastic recycling (stream 2). This way, the paper can be fully incorporated in an existing recycling stream. The Calcium Carbonate (the stone that is used) is already a common additive to some plastic products and will thus be properly recycled.

Stonepaper will be recognized as a non-pulppaper product in most recycling streams that we know of. It will thus be filtered out with other products that are not recyclable in a paper recycling stream. Then, it will be processed according to the facilities rules. Sometimes this means that it will be burned, or that it will be sorted and used in proper plastic recycling. The stonepaper will in fact be recognized as a plastic-type product.

Just to make sure – we recommend you recycle stone paper with plastic recycling.

5. Will the HDPE in stone paper be replaced with bioplastic?

A lot of research and development is done to continuously improve the sustainability of the stonepaper and its production process.

Tests are being done with bioplastic replacing the HDPE component of the stonepaper. This will most likely be a bioplastic variety that is not made from a food resource, but for example from non-consumable weeds.

At this moment, the HDPE component is made from partly recycled plastic.