The document discusses paper, its history, uses, and sustainability. It notes that paper was first created in China around 105 AD and has since spread around the world. Paper is made from renewable resources like trees, agricultural residues, and recycled paper. The paper industry plants more trees than it harvests and uses renewable energy. While paper can be recycled and degrades naturally, it plays an important role in information sharing, education, packaging, and hygiene. The document argues that contrary to common myths, paper production is environmentally friendly and sustainable.

1. 1Fine Papers–LastingImpressions

2. SESHASAYEE PAPER AND BOARDS LIMITED

3. Try to imagine life without
paper. Even in this era of emails
and digital books, paper is all
around us.
Shopping bags, paper money,
store receipts, cereal boxes,
tissue paper...
We use paper in so many ways
every day.
So, where did this marvellously
versatile material come from?

4.  Mahatma Gandhiji was
propagating importance of
paper, for long
 He persuaded Scientist
K.B.Joshi to establish a hand-
made paper institute
Commencing from 2018,
August 01 will be celebrated as
Paper Day
Why August 01 ?

5.  The Institute, established in
Pune, was inaugurated by
Shri Jawaharlal Nehru on
August 01, 1940
 Paper from this Institute
was used for writing/
printing copies of Indian
Constitution.
Why August 01 ?

6.  Circa 105 A.D., China processed the first sheet of paper
using mulberry, other bast fires, fish nets, old rags and
hemp waste. This was kept a close secret for long
 Egypt had been using Papyrus sheets for ‘writing’ even
earlier.

7. Paper Story
 500 years later, Japan got scent of it.
 Circa 751 A.D. – paper making moved to Central Asia
 793 A.D. – paper made in Bagdad
 14th Century - paper mills established in Europe, Spain,
Italy, France and Greece.

8. Paper Story (Contd...)
1455 A.D. – Invention of
printing press and use of paper
as a medium for printing
1800 A.D. – Paper made from
wood and vegetable pulp
1832 AD – Paper Mill set up
Serampore, West Bengal -
Became a failure and closed
down.
1867 – Mill Set up in Bally, West
Bengal using machinery
transferred from Serampore

9. The world's earliest known printed book (using
woodblock printing), the Diamond Sutra of 868,
shows the widespread availability and practicality
of paper in China.
Paper Story

10. Ancient Sanskrit
scripts in hemp-
based paper.
Hemp fiber was
commonly used
in the production
of paper
Paper Story

11. Paper Story (Contd...)
World Production
/ consumption
400 million tonnes/ annum
Indian Consumption
17 million tonnes/annum
Per capita consumption Low at 13 kg
World average 55-60 kg
Indian Industry-Growing At 6% CAGR
Fastest growing market in the World, currently

12. Paper Story (Contd...)
per capita consumption
57
8
13
17
46
52
78
114
155
158
209
213
0 50 100 150 200 250
World average
Africa
India
Rest of Asia
Latin America
Rest of Europe
China
Oceania
Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore & Malaysia
EU
Japan
North America

13. Paper Mills in India
17
106
126
> 600
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
1951 1979 1981 Today
Nos

14.  Noble Product
 Propagates information
 Promotes Literacy
 Helps in ‘packaging’
 Promotes hygiene
 Above all:
 Eco-Friendly, green product
 Made from renewable raw material
 Recyclable
 Bio-Degradable
Why Paper ?

15. Indian Paper Industry
 Over 600 Paper Mills
 Production - 15 million tonnes/annum
 Consumption - 17 Million tonnes/annum
 Entire production from Renewable raw
materials
 From Recovered Paper 46%
 From Agro residues 29%
(Bagasse, Straw etc annual crops)
 From Plantation wood 25%
(All man-made plantations & No forest
produce)

16. What is Sustainability ?
The RIO ‘Earth Summit’ 1992
 Environmental Convention on Biological Diversity
 Attended by
 172 countries
 108 Heads of State
 2400 NGOs
 17,000 Participants
 10,000 On-site Journalists
Paper Industry & Sustainability

17. Action agenda on
 Sustainability
 Climate Change
Sustainability
Should aim at meeting today’s needs
without abridging the rights of
tomorrow’s generation to meet their
needs
Development strategy that should be
Socially desirable
Economically Viable
Ecologically sustainable
“This is known as Triple Bottom-line”
Paper Industry & Sustainability (Contd)

18. How Paper is Socially Desirable
 Paper - a prestigious product
 400 m tonnes annually - Industry
growing in the last 40 years almost
every year
 Though somewhat slowly in the last
10 years.
 Effect of Digitalization
 Role of Paper
- Promotion of Literacy
- Propagation of Information and
Knowledge
- Packaging commodities
- Health & Hygiene Sectors
Paper Industry & Sustainability (Contd)

19. How Paper is Socially Desirable
 Think of hundreds of times –
we touch paper in a day
 Interwoven with our lives in
innumerable ways.
 Paper less Office / Paper less
Society myths.
 It is such a socially desirable
product.
 It is recyclable, recoverable
reusable and bio-degradable
 Causes no harm to anyone
Paper Industry & Sustainability (Contd)

20. Environmentally Compatible
 Paper production supports Sustainable Forest Management
 Myths are floating around questioning environmental
sustainability of paper industry
 They often compare with digital /e-media and assume they are
clean
 Far from the truth
Paper Industry & Sustainability (Contd)

21. Environmentally Compatible
Let us compare Raw Materials
Paper
 Primary raw materials are renewable
(Wood, Agro Residues etc)
 Industry plants more trees than harvested
 Carbon sequestered on forest lands greater
than carbon released from harvesting wood
(as per US Dept of Energy)
Electronics
 Use of dozens of minerals and metals
 Extensive use of plastics and hydro carbon
solvents
 Fastest growing waste stream in the world
Paper Industry & Sustainability (Contd)

22. Environmentally Compatible
Let us compare Energy consumption
Paper
 High use of ‘on-site’ produced
Renewable Energy (for integrated
units)
 Use of bio-fuels on the rise
Electronics
 Very high dependence of fossil-fuel
based Energy
Paper Industry & Sustainability (Contd)

23. PAPER IS RECYCLABLE &
SUPPORTS CIRCULAR ECONOMY...

24. End of Life
Paper
 Bio-Degradable
 Recyclable
 Reusable
 Recoverable
Electronics
 Only 18% are
currently recycled
 E-Waste largest toxic
waste
Paper Industry & Sustainability (Contd)
Environmentally Compatible
The amount of E-Waste produced each
year in the World is about 50 million
tonnes

25. Environmentally Compatible
Sustainability
There are not many industries around that can
aspire to becoming genuinely sustainable.
The pulp and Paper Industry, however is
one of them. It is inherently
sustainable.”
JONATHAN PORRIT
Chairman, UK Sustainability
Development Commission
Paper Industry & Sustainability (Contd)Paper Industry & Sustainability (Contd)

26. Print media Vs “On Screen” Reading
 Recent market study in USA
 Covered 1000 respondents in USA
and 500 in UK
 Age Group 18 – 65 +
Key Findings:
 81% prefer to read on paper – same
across all age groups
 83% believe that retention is better
when read on paper – only minor
differences between Age-groups

27. Print media Vs “On Screen” Reading
Print-Outs
 74% printing documents
are easier to read
 55% believe printing
documents are more
secure
 56 % printed documents
are better for storage
and archiving

28. Applications
For Banking Home Loan
For
representing
value
Money & Cheque
For Storing
information
Book, Note book,
Magazine & News
Paper
For Personal
use
Diary & Resume
For
Communication
Between
individuals and
groups of people.

29. Applications
For
Packaging
Corrugated box,
Paper Bag, Envelope,
Packing & Wrapping
For
cleaning
Toilet Paper, Hand
kerchiefs, paper
Towels, Facial tissue
For other
uses
Book, Note book,
Magazine & News
Paper Emery paper,
Sand paper, blotting
paper, litmus paper &
filter Paper23

30. Myth
Making Paper
Destroys Forest
Reality
• Supports
sustainable forest
management
• Planting more
trees than required.
• Benefits people &
Planet by carbon
sequestration
Myth
Making Paper is bad
for Environment
Reality
Paper is a Green
sustainable product.
Paper has a Great Environmental Story to tell !!!
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31. Myth
Paper consumes lot
of Energy
Reality
Paper Industry uses
most of the energy
by renewal sources
focusing on circular
economy
Myth
Paper has high
carbon foot print and
is a wasteful product
Reality
Paper is reusable.
Bio degradable.
Even waste paper is
also reused for
making paper and
life cycle is
enhanced.
Paper has a Great Environmental Story to tell !!!

32. Myth
Electronic
communication is
more Environmental
friendly than Paper
Reality
Paper as a product
is environmental
friendly.
Reality
Paper-based
packaging protects
goods, reduces
waste and is
recyclable
Myth
Packaging is wasteful
and unnecessary
Paper has a Great Environmental Story to tell !!!

33. Myth
Paper production
uses too much of
water
Reality
Paper production
has steadily reduced
water usage in the
process.
Maximum Re-cycling
is practised.
Nearly 90% of water
is treated and used
for irrigation of
crops.
Reality
Environment Foot-
print of paper is far
greater.
Paper is made from
renewable raw
materials.
Myth
Information
Technology is
preferable to paper
Paper has a Great Environmental Story to tell !!!
DELEGATES FROM THAILAND, VISIT TO
IRRIGATION FIELD
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How Long does it take to decompose?
Paper Towel 2-4 weeks
Banana Peel 3-4 weeks
Paper Bag 1 month
Newspaper 1.5 moths
Apple Core 2 months
Cardboard 2 months
Cotton Glove 3 months
Orange peels 6 months
Plywood 1-3 years
Wool Sock 1-5 years
Milk Cartons 5 years
Cigarette Butts 10-12 years
Leather shoes 25-40 years
Tinned Steel Can 50 years
Foamed Plastic Cups 50 years
Rubber - Boot Sole 50-80 years
Plastic containers 50-80 years
Aluminium Can 200-500 years
Plastic Bottles 450 years
Disposable Diapers 550 years
Monofilament Fishing Line 600 years
Plastic Bag 200 - 1000 years

35.  Founded in 1960 by
Mr.S.Viswanathan - a
freedom fighter
 Two Paper Manufacturing
Units one at Erode and
another at Tirunelveli
Seshasayee Paper and Boards Limited

36. Unit: Erode
 Established in 1962
 Capacity 1,25,000 tonnes per
annum
 ISO 9001 / ISO 14001 / OHSAS
18001 / FSC certified
 Rated “GreenCo – GOLD”
 Winner of This year’s ”State
Green Award” given by
Govt. of Tamil Nadu
Seshasayee Paper and Boards Limited

37.  Helps marginal farmers to plant over 12 crores of
seedlings every year in about 13,000 acres of land
 Wood ‘Positive’
 Carbon ‘Positive’
Seshasayee Paper & Boards Limited

38. Unit: Tirunelveli
 Acquired in 2011
 Capacity 80,000 tons per
annum
 Uses 30% De-inked pulp in
furnish
 Zero Liquid discharge unit
 ISO 9001 / ISO 14001 /
OHSAS 18001 and
FSC certified
Seshasayee Paper & Boards Limited

39.  Recognized Export
House
Seshasayee Paper & Boards Limited
SPB exports 15% of
production to over 20
countries including U.S.A.

40. IPMA
Energy Award 2015
IPMA
Environment Award 2017
CII
Excellent Energy Efficiency Unit - 2016
CII
Energy Efficiency Unit 2017
CII
Green Co Gold Certification
2017
TNPCB
Green Award 2017
Honours
Seshasayee Paper & Boards Limited

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Impact of Plastics

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NO PLASTIC

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YES PAPER
Key findings of Recent Study
- 81% prefer to read on paper
- 83% believe retention is better when read on paper
- 81% say they are relaxed when reading print on
paper
- 74% say ‘print on paper’ is easier to read
- 55% believe ‘print on paper’ documents are more
secure
- 56% believe ‘print on paper’ documents are better
for ‘storage and archiving’

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YES PAPER
Paper Vs Pixels
Paper
- is truly sustainable; its raw materials are renewable;
biggest user of low-carbon energy; nearly 60% of all
paper is recycled
Electronic Media-
- uses very little renewable raw materials; uses more
than 90% of fossil fuel energy produced from Grid;
end of life – only 18% recycled; “e-waste’ biggest
threat to environment

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YES PAPER
 Paper is re-useable, re-cyclable and bio-degradable
 It is made from renewable raw materials like Trees,
Agro residues besides recovered paper
 Paper Industry, worldwide plants more trees every
day than what it harvests for paper manufacture
 Trees absorb CO2 emissions and help in mitigating
GHG emissions
 Young Trees absorb more CO2 than older Trees
 It is ‘OK’ to print mails and take copies. After use,
paper should be sent for recycling

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