What do you think of when hear paper made of stone? A heavy production process or waste, dust, new product, innovation? According to Wikipedia this manufacturing has started in the late 1990s – regarding the technology progress this is not a new product, not at all. FiberStone® is one of numerous companies, producing this intriguing kind of paper. And they claim stone paper has great advantages over traditional one. The paper’s components are 80% of calcium carbonate, found abundantly in nature, and 20% HDPE – high density polyethylene, and it is tree-free. What makes this product sustainable? FiberStone® explain that the calcium carbonate in their paper is coming from limestone as a waste material from already existing quarries. We know where the HDPE comes from, but the production process of the stone paper is clean, does not use toxic chemical or water and does not need bleaching like the conventional one. Another advantage of this material is that it is recyclable and could be applied in other products. It sounds great! What do you think?
