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Paper based packages, containers, sacks and bags are part of our everyday lives, so it can be easy to forget what makes them unique. Unlike other packaging options, paper based packages are made from trees, a completely renewable source. They are also the most recovered packages for recycling, making them a sustainable, responsible choice throughout their life cycle.
The paper based packaging industry has joined together to provide businesses and the public with the facts about The Responsible Package. Check out these helpful resources about paper based packaging that can help you make a sustainable packaging decision.
Most paper is made from wood cellulose, the most abundant chemical on plant earth. Cellulose is renewable, reusable, and sustainable. Cellulose based products show up in unexpected places: toothpaste, cough syrup, Vitamins A and E, makeup, cologne, shampoo, food packaging, furniture, concrete blocks, football helmets, photographic film, and even ice cream.
Paper is an important part of our future, and our society will need scientists and engineers that are trained to develop the full potential of paper and cellulose based products. A new generation of paper scientists will create new uses for paper, develop new nanocellulose and hemicellulose based materials, discover better genetics for renewing our forests, improve manufacturing processes, and harness the possibilities inherent in the chemistry of cellulose.
Paper is made by pulping wood, bleaching this pulp and then spreading it out into sheets to make it into paper. At various stages of the process, chemicals are used to give the paper particular properties, such as the bleaching chemicals that make paper white (and which also enable it to subsequently be coloured).
Uses & Applications
Paper is a highly engineered product that is part of almost everything we use: food containers, books, magazines, catalogs, newspapers, notebooks, facial tissue, paper towels, paper plates, sticky notes and computer paper. Take a look around you paper is a part of our lives.
Paper may be impregnated, enamelled, metallised, made to look like parchment, creped, water proofed, waxed, glazed, sensitized, bent, turned, folded, twisted, crumpled, cut, torn, dissolved, macerated, moulded, and embossed. It may be coloured, coated, printed or even written on! It can be laminated with fabric, plastic and metal. It can be opaque, translucent or transparent. It is naturally combustible, or can be made re retardant. It may be a carrier or a barrier or a lter. It may be made tough enough to withstand acid, or soft enough for a baby’s skin. It can be read and worn as a garment. It can be re used and recycled and it is made from a renewable, sustainable source.
The range of possible uses of paper seems almost limitless. New ways of using it are being devised daily. This evolution will continue because paper is an expression of everyday living.
Market Survey
India is the 15th largest paper manufacturer in the world, accounting for ~2.5% of the world’s output. India is the world’s fastest growing paper market.
The Indian Paper Industry is a booming industry and is expected to grow in the years to come. The usage of paper cannot be ignored and this awareness is bound to bring about changes in the paper industry for the better. It is a well known fact that the use of plastic is being objected to these days. The reason being, there are few plastics which do not possess the property of being degradable, as such, use of plastic is being discouraged. Excessive use of non degradable plastics upsets the ecological equilibrium. The demand for upstream market of paper products, like, tissue paper, tea bags, filter paper, light weight online coated paper, medical grade coated paper, etc., is growing up. These developments are expected to give fillip to the industry.
Future Development of the Pulp and Paper Sector Ongoing Changes in the Pulp and Paper Industry. Demand for paper and paper products is expected to steadily rise in the future, however at decreasing rates. Future paper demand will be determined by certain factors including a) the level of national income, b) the level of industrial production, c) the level of literacy and education, d) the size of population, e) the price of paper, and other related factors such as government expenditure on education, student population, per capital income etc.
Few Indian Major Players are as under:
Chadha Papers Ltd.
Circar Paper Mills Ltd.
Coral Newsprints Ltd.
Dadrawala Papers Ltd.
Danalakshmi Paper Mills Pvt. Ltd.
Eggro Paper Moulds Ltd.
Ellora Paper Mills Ltd.
Gateway Speciality Papers Ltd.
Gaurav Paper Mills Ltd.
Hindustan Paper Corpn. Ltd.
Khanna Paper Mills Ltd.
Mukerian Papers Ltd.
Mysore Paper Mills Ltd.
Nagaland Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd.
Nath Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd.
R T Paper Boards Ltd.
Rajalakshmi Paper Mills Ltd.
Rama Paper Mills Ltd.
Rohit Tissue Ltd.
Sai Rayalseema Paper Mills Ltd.
Sangal Papers Ltd.
Satia Industries Ltd.
Shiva Paper Mills Ltd.
Shree Bhawani Paper Mills Ltd.
Shree Industries Ltd.
Shree Rajeshwaranand Paper Mills Ltd.
Shree Vindhya Paper Mills Ltd.
Sri Vishnu Annamalaiyar Paper Mills Ltd.
Surya Chandra Paper Mills Ltd.
Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd.
Vidarbha Paper Mills Ltd. [Merged]
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