Why we love paper
Paper. Chances are something flimsy and disposable comes to mind. But if you think just a little outside the square, you can make more or less anything from paper – from machinery to arteries. Here are some of the reasons why we are so fond of paper.
Paper is an organic material. It can be recycled time and time again. It’s possible to make it very durable. But it can also be composted or combusted for energy recovery when you don’t need it anymore. It doesn’t harm the human body, not even if you use it internally. And it never releases more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than what nature itself can take care of.
Paper is a cheap material.
Paper is a light material. Imagine if we could manufacture furniture that you could pick straight up when you wanted to vacuum underneath. Or crashworthy cars that you could carry into the garage when you got home from work. What would that mean for transportation around the globe? For costs and emissions and accidents? Quite a lot, we believe. That’s why we will continue working in our lab.
About Södra.
Since 1958, we've been producing pulp and doing research into one of the world’s most interesting materials. Besides delivering top-quality pulp to our customers, we are growing together through the business we call Pulp Services. Today you can find our pulp in 30 countries around the world. Tomorrow we don’t know where you’ll find us, but we’re sure it will be a fine place.
