Heiwa Paper Co., a leader in the Japanese paper industry, started offering a new paper product on September 1, 2003--paper containing wood from trees logged to thin plantation forests. The product has not only obtained the Japanese Eco Mark certification, but also conforms to the standard of the country's Green Purchasing Law. It is made using pulp of wood from thinned forests (10 percent) and used recycled paper (90 percent).

Japan has extensive plantation forests, and periodic thinning of these forests is necessary for the remaining trees to grow properly. Heiwa Paper utilizes these logs from thinning as a raw material for paper making. Such timber has been used for furniture, wood products and envelopes in the past, but this is the first time in Japan that printing paper produced from this wood has been put onto the market nationwide.

The product comes in two types: 1,019 mm by 788 mm (110 kg and 135 kg), and 939 mm by 636 mm (76.5 kg and 93.5 kg).



Posted: 2003/12/02 10:37:25 PM
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