FAQs

• WHAT IS GREENCANE PAPER?

  It is a mix of canes and fibrous residue waste mainly left over after sugarcane has been crushed and the sugar extracted.

• WHAT % OF GREENCANE RECYCLED RESIDUE IS IN YOUR PAPER?

  While we would love to have more we can only use up to 70-80% as when this is blended with a certified sustainable timber fibre we end up with a strong and remarkable soft paper.

• HOW SAFE IS GREENCANE TOILET PAPER FOR OLDER PLUMBING OR SEPTIC TANKS?

  It is fantastic! because of its 100% biodegradability. This is a result of the quick breakdown achieved with the sugarcane short fibre as compared to timber long fibre sourced papers.

• HOW SUSTAINABLE IS GREENCANE ECOPAPER?

  Sugarcane is a type of grass; it is fast growing in tropical regions and is farm harvested usually on an annual basis. During the harvesting only the growth part of the plant is removed by large harvesting machines, with the lower stalk left to re-grow into next years crop.

• HOW DOES THIS HARVESTING METHOD COMPARE TO FORESTRY LOGGING?

  We are very passionate about this as the farming of sugarcane has an extremely low environmental impact compared with the harvesting destruction of soft wood forests, resulting in the high impact to bird, animal and insect life plus the extensive land scaring and erosion as well as the traffic road wear with heavy logging trucks.

• HOW ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND IS GREENCANE MANUFACTURING?

  We think it is pretty good and hope we have covered all the bases. For commercial reasons we cannot say where our manufacturing plant exactly is but it is Asia based within 100 kms of where the sugar cane is grown. The factory is quality accredited with the Environmental International Standards ISO14001 which requires it to be subject to annual external environmental audits. We have visited the factory and it is well managed, modern and functioning to a high standard. As part of our own environmental quality standards we plan to undertake factory visits on an regular basis.

• WHAT TYPE OF BLEACHING IS USED WITH GREENCANE PAPER?

  Firstly, because of the plant composition of sugarcane it requires minimal processing stages of pulping and less bleaching than timber requires. Second all white paper is bleached including recycled paper which is bleached to remove ink and colours. The key issue is that the bleaching method does not use Chlorine based bleaches which release toxic chemicals such as dioxins and furans. We confirm Greencane paper is processed using chlorine free bleaching and that the bleaching process is part of the ISO14001 environmental quality standard.