Making a case for stone packaging

Stone paper is a paper-like product manufactured from calcium carbonate bonded with high-density polyethylene (HDPE). The process for creating stone paper was first developed by Taiwan Lung Meng

Technology during the late 1990s and is patented in more than 40 countries worldwide, where it is marketed under a variety of trade names such as Parax Stone Paper, TerraSkin, ViaStone, Kampier, EmanaGreen and Rockstock. Stone Age Packaging, with offices in Canada and the US, was formed in 2010 with the aim of promoting stone paper products as an environmentally-friendly alternative to fiber-based materials.

The stone paper production technique, it says, differs from the wood pulp papermaking process through the exclusive blend of mineral powder and a small infusion of a non-toxic resin. As a result stone paper production uses no trees and produces no water pollution, and without any harmful gaseous waste being released into the environment.

Read this feature in Packprint World spring/summer 2014 by clicking here.