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	<title>Comments on: REDD: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly</title>
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		<title>By: margie lindsey</title>
		<link>http://understory.ran.org/2009/06/08/redd-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-354609</link>
		<dc:creator>margie lindsey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sounds like this IS the way to go ,If we can only stop the greedy ones.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounds like this IS the way to go ,If we can only stop the greedy ones.</p>
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		<title>By: Ash Patel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ash Patel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Second Nature a greeting card publisher in Portobello London, is looking to produce cards made from Stone paper, which does affect deforestation in anyway. The envelopes and card will be made from Stone paper only, using soya inks and biodegradable cello wrapping.

See below the benefits of using Stone Paper.

Stone Paper products are made completely free of traditional cellulose pulp.
The revolutionary printing paper is made from inorganic mineral powder, gently extracted from the earth as the main ingredient.
In addition to producing a much higher quality printing medium, Stone paper also helps relieve the global deforestation issue and protect our precious green natural resources in more ways than one, since the advanced production technique does not require harmful chemicals for pulping, neither does it create massive industrial waste water from bleaching.
Stone paper can be readily substituted for traditional pulp-based paper in most of today&#039;s printing and packaging applications. You can expect far superior printing characteristics, robustness, texture, and ink efficiency.
Traditional paper making relies heavily on lumbering, since the fibre found in wood pulp must be used as the main constituent. As consumption of paper continues to increase in our world today, so does the problem of global deforestation.
Today, statistical figures show that two out of every five trees are cut for pulp. A forest the size of a football field is cut down somewhere in the world every 10 minutes.
In recent years, public awareness toward the deteriorating problem of carbon emissions has been in the spotlight. For the paper industry, however, its impact on the issue cannot be fundamentally reversed until a viable alternative for wood pulp is found.
That solution is now available with the advent of Stone Paper. By not using any tree-based raw materials at all, Stone Paper is meant to be a complete substitute for traditional paper, while achieving the goal of protecting our valuable forest resources.
Stone Paper is the new environmentally sensible choice for most paper products. As it becomes increasingly main-stream in a wide range of printing and packaging applications, a feedback loop of awareness about ecological preservation will be formed within our communities.
Because only mineral powder (calcium carbonate), biodegradable resin and electric power are used during Stone Paper production, there is no washing and drying processes needed, nor are there any harmful particulates released into the air.
In comparison with the traditional paper manufacturing process, Stone Paper does not require any water, strong industrial acids, bases, or bleach.
Because of this, there is neither the problem of waste water being discharged during production, nor the danger of releasing the pollutants into water streams.
To recycle traditional paper, water is added to the collected waste paper and mechanically blended, in order to regenerate the pulp.
However, due to the old ink that remain on the waste paper, soaking and bleaching processes are required to remove the ink, in order to render the pulp reusable.
In addition, the entire process of recycling has to be broken down into many complicated stages, each of those resulting in significant amounts of waste water.
In contrast, Stone Paper is easy to collect, conserves fresh water in the first place, and consequently does not produce waste water. 
When disposed of, Stone Paper can be collected as regular plastic material. After being pulverized and re-extruded as granules, it can then be used as a superior additive for the processing of polyethylene (PE) plastic. Suitable re-use applications include colour plastic bags, flower pots, plastic cans etc.




After being used, Stone Paper can also be processed as regular trash that can be incinerated. Out of the main mineral powder and the small quantity of non-poisonous resin contained in the product, only the resin substance is burned off.
As the resin burns, the stone powder becomes detached, increasing the contact area between the resin and the air. This decelerates, but makes the combustion process of the resin more complete.
Because of this catalytic reaction, no black fume due to lack of oxygen and incomplete combustion will occur.
In addition, the non-poisonous resin does not discharge any harmful gas when burned, and the amount of carbon dioxide released is minimal, making a contribution to lessening the impact of global warming.
Alternatively, if Stone Paper is left in outdoor conditions, after approximately 6 months of being exposed to the sunlight, it breaks itself down like egg shell. Since CaCo3 is the main raw material, it returns to the earth naturally, causing minimal load on the environment.
As is the case with traditional paper, if Stone Paper is stored indoors and not exposed to extreme amount of ultraviolet light, the resin will not turn brittle or decompose.
Also, Stone Paper has the advantage over traditional paper in that; it is resistant to yellow discoloration and insect damage. You can trust Stone Paper to safeguard all your important documents and images.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Second Nature a greeting card publisher in Portobello London, is looking to produce cards made from Stone paper, which does affect deforestation in anyway. The envelopes and card will be made from Stone paper only, using soya inks and biodegradable cello wrapping.</p>
<p>See below the benefits of using Stone Paper.</p>
<p>Stone Paper products are made completely free of traditional cellulose pulp.<br />
The revolutionary printing paper is made from inorganic mineral powder, gently extracted from the earth as the main ingredient.<br />
In addition to producing a much higher quality printing medium, Stone paper also helps relieve the global deforestation issue and protect our precious green natural resources in more ways than one, since the advanced production technique does not require harmful chemicals for pulping, neither does it create massive industrial waste water from bleaching.<br />
Stone paper can be readily substituted for traditional pulp-based paper in most of today&#8217;s printing and packaging applications. You can expect far superior printing characteristics, robustness, texture, and ink efficiency.<br />
Traditional paper making relies heavily on lumbering, since the fibre found in wood pulp must be used as the main constituent. As consumption of paper continues to increase in our world today, so does the problem of global deforestation.<br />
Today, statistical figures show that two out of every five trees are cut for pulp. A forest the size of a football field is cut down somewhere in the world every 10 minutes.<br />
In recent years, public awareness toward the deteriorating problem of carbon emissions has been in the spotlight. For the paper industry, however, its impact on the issue cannot be fundamentally reversed until a viable alternative for wood pulp is found.<br />
That solution is now available with the advent of Stone Paper. By not using any tree-based raw materials at all, Stone Paper is meant to be a complete substitute for traditional paper, while achieving the goal of protecting our valuable forest resources.<br />
Stone Paper is the new environmentally sensible choice for most paper products. As it becomes increasingly main-stream in a wide range of printing and packaging applications, a feedback loop of awareness about ecological preservation will be formed within our communities.<br />
Because only mineral powder (calcium carbonate), biodegradable resin and electric power are used during Stone Paper production, there is no washing and drying processes needed, nor are there any harmful particulates released into the air.<br />
In comparison with the traditional paper manufacturing process, Stone Paper does not require any water, strong industrial acids, bases, or bleach.<br />
Because of this, there is neither the problem of waste water being discharged during production, nor the danger of releasing the pollutants into water streams.<br />
To recycle traditional paper, water is added to the collected waste paper and mechanically blended, in order to regenerate the pulp.<br />
However, due to the old ink that remain on the waste paper, soaking and bleaching processes are required to remove the ink, in order to render the pulp reusable.<br />
In addition, the entire process of recycling has to be broken down into many complicated stages, each of those resulting in significant amounts of waste water.<br />
In contrast, Stone Paper is easy to collect, conserves fresh water in the first place, and consequently does not produce waste water.<br />
When disposed of, Stone Paper can be collected as regular plastic material. After being pulverized and re-extruded as granules, it can then be used as a superior additive for the processing of polyethylene (PE) plastic. Suitable re-use applications include colour plastic bags, flower pots, plastic cans etc.</p>
<p>After being used, Stone Paper can also be processed as regular trash that can be incinerated. Out of the main mineral powder and the small quantity of non-poisonous resin contained in the product, only the resin substance is burned off.<br />
As the resin burns, the stone powder becomes detached, increasing the contact area between the resin and the air. This decelerates, but makes the combustion process of the resin more complete.<br />
Because of this catalytic reaction, no black fume due to lack of oxygen and incomplete combustion will occur.<br />
In addition, the non-poisonous resin does not discharge any harmful gas when burned, and the amount of carbon dioxide released is minimal, making a contribution to lessening the impact of global warming.<br />
Alternatively, if Stone Paper is left in outdoor conditions, after approximately 6 months of being exposed to the sunlight, it breaks itself down like egg shell. Since CaCo3 is the main raw material, it returns to the earth naturally, causing minimal load on the environment.<br />
As is the case with traditional paper, if Stone Paper is stored indoors and not exposed to extreme amount of ultraviolet light, the resin will not turn brittle or decompose.<br />
Also, Stone Paper has the advantage over traditional paper in that; it is resistant to yellow discoloration and insect damage. You can trust Stone Paper to safeguard all your important documents and images.</p>
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