A Stone Age LLC

What is Mineral Stone Paper?

The Process:

Our production team collects fallen limestone from Asia (with minimal mining process) and grinds the stone down to a powder form. A small amount of non-toxic polyethylene is added as a binding agent, and Stone Paper can be molded into just about anything that plastic or paper can be made from.

Compared to Traditional Paper:

The manufacturing process of Stone Paper is very different from traditional pulp paper. For instance, Stone Paper does not use any trees because it is made from stone. Traditional Paper destroys forests and uses thousands of trees to make paper. Stone Paper does not use any water during the manufacturing process. Traditional paper uses on average three gallons of water per sheet of paper made because of the soaking process. Stone Paper does not use water because it does not have to be soaked. Finally, traditional paper uses acid and bleach to get the white color you see on typical printer paper. Stone Paper does not use any acid, chemicals, or bleach to maintain the pure white color because the stone is naturally white.

Properties:

  • Waterproof
  • Fire Retardant
  • Oil Resistant
  • Non-Toxic
  • Infinitely Recyclable as No. 2
  • 100% Photo-degradable
Sustainability

FAQ’S About Mineral Stone (MIST™) Paper

RMP is tree-free specialty paper made from 80% Calcium Carbonate, (one of the most abundant minerals found on earth) and 20% Non toxic PE (use it as a binding agent.) It is inherently water resistant, hard to tear, grease resistant, fire retardant, mold resistant, acid-free and with FDA approved.

Business Banners/Cards/Signs, Bottle Tags, Calendars, Custom Printed Boxes, Gift/Shopping Bags, Hang Sings/Coupons/Door/Luggage/Plant/Price Tags, Label with Adhesive, Maps, Note Books, Promotional Materials & Marketing Collateral such as Brochures, Magazines, Posters, Signage and others; Disposable Food Packaging and much more as we continued to develop new product line to launch. MIST™ Paper is a great alternative for plastic application product line; it is both cost-effective and environment friendly.

  1. No trees are harvest in making of MIST™ and it is the Fifth (5th) most abundant element of earth’s natural mineral resources.
  2. No water utilized during the making of MIST™ Paper, which it also means no water born waste generated.
  3. No bleach or strong acid used during the making of MIST™ Paper
  4. Bypasses the polluting and high energy consumption processes of “cooking” and “bleaching” that are required with the traditional papermaking.
  5. One (1) tons of MIST™ Paper procures one (1) tons of paper, where one (1) ton of Pulp virgin paper requires Four (4) tons of pulp chips to produce one (1) tons of paper.
  6. MIST™ Paper is 100% Photodegradable or recyclable as #2 HDPE

Mineral Sensation TM Paper is infinitely recyclable. Because of the characteristic of its materials, this paper can be recycle along with the #2 HDPE plastic, when the material is reproduced, it never lose its original integrity as “Stone” will always remain its rock solid strength. No other materials can compare or possess our superior recyclability.

Over period of six (6) months to a year or longer depend on the thickness of material or products, MIST™ Paper or products will break down under the direct UV light exposure where it will first become brittle and crack like an egg shells and when you touch it, it is return to its natural form of mineral powder. The small percentage of PE binding agent heats up from the UV rays and helps break the calcium carbonate into smaller fragments and eventually turns into powder. As degradation is one of our very benefits of the Mineral Sensation TM Paper, but we encourage everyone to Recycle as our primary focus and goals for our materials and product is to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle as one of the best benefit of our material is marked with Infinity recyclability.

MIST™ Paper is compatible for Ink Jet, Flexography, Letterpress, Offset Lithography, Rotogravure, Screen printing and Thermal transfer. You can use regular ink or vegetable/soy based inks. Mineral SensationT M Paper is not compatible with heat-fusion lasers and copiers without proper coating. Be sure to ask for ink jet coating when printing intensive color graphics and photographs.

There are always copycats. We recognized similar products that claim to be stone based paper but have found many variety of its composition, such as; 50% or less calcium carbonate with several other binders such clay or pulp chips. Just remember any superior product with have its rivals and its competitors. Our focus is that we produce our product and stay with its True root and our Stone paper is with Certification to verify all our claims and our technology is Patented in over 40 countries around the globe including the United States.

Focus on the 3R

Stone paper heavily emphasizes and follows the 3R, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle principles also of course covered in the C2C model- material reutilization.

Reduce

Reduce

The production of stone paper not only eliminates the harvest of trees, furthermore, its revolutionary paper making methods also minimizes water, carbon dioxide and gaseous waste releases.

Reuse

Reuse

Stone paper is highly water resistant and extremely durable material, thus, it is a product that can be reused over long periods of time. With increasing number of reuses, it also saves on the demands for more resources for production.

Recycle

Recycle

Recycle or compost? Many people believe composting or biodegradable is the way to go. However, composting the material only makes the material “food” source for organism (cradle to grave). Yes, this can reduce the amount of rubbish, if the product is demanded, then new resources will need to be spent to create the product again. Where resource is limited, is this sustainable? In order to make the product sustainable, an infinite loop (cradle to cradle) needs to be achieved, that is creating product from recycled material, whether the recycled material is from in-house or from the recycling stream is the key. As stone paper is an inorganic material vastly made up of “stone”, it can be repeatedly recycled over and over again. Besides recycling stone paper, if unfortunately, stone paper is not recycled and instead thrown out into nature, stone paper will photo-degrade when left under the sun for approximately 1 year. This is of course not the most ideal method in stone paper recycle process, however, the photo-degradability feature at least minimizes the hazards this material causes to the living creatures in our environment. Stone paper has been certified for its material content, recyclability, and manufacturing characteristics by C2CCertified.org (licensed by C2CPII) and have achieved the silver grade rating. Via further improving recognition in social responsibility along with other eco-goals LM hopes to further strengthen the infinite loop of cradle to cradle. If stone paper is not recycled or photo-degraded, it can also be recycled via incineration in the furnace. Unlike pure plastic products, stone paper does not adhere to the furnace walls resulting in faster wear and tear on the furnace. Furthermore, when incinerated the stone paper returns to stone powder (calcium carbonate), this can then be recycled and reused. Please note the reuse percentage can differ through differing channels.