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EuroWaxPack
P.O. Box 85612
NL-2508 CH The Hague
The Netherlands
T: +31 70 312 39 29
F: +31 70 363 63 48
E: mail@eurowaxpack.org |
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Made from renewable resources |
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The main raw material for waxed paper is wood, a harvested
crop. Thanks to the implementation of responsible
forest management policies we will not run
out of this valuable resource. Plastic's
main raw material (oil) is subject to significant
fluctuations in availability and long-term
is a dying resource.
Only 12% of all harvested wood grown is used
for paper and board production mainly forest
thinning and woodchips from sawmills. Over
90% of the fibre needed for European paper
and board Industry is European grown. No
rain forests are used (source 'Pro
Carton').
Forests in Europe have been continuously
growing for the last 100 years., Timber volume
in Sweden , for example, has doubled over
the past 100 years and usage continues to
be far lower than re-plantation . In Finland
, forest growth has been running at 4% per
year over the past 12 years and the timber
volume is at its highest for the past 100
years. (Swedish Forest Industries Federation
and Finnish statistical yearbook of Forestry).
Vegetable waxes are actually hardened fats' and are based
on fully renewable sources. |
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