paper / on the rocks

paper / on the rocks

Notebooks made of upcycled construction and agricultural waste

What does this brand sell?

Notebooks, postcards, pens

Netherlands

Vegan/ vegetarian?
100% Vegan
Delivery
Delivery by truck
Transportation mode
Unknown
Vegan / vegetarian
100% Vegan
Delivery
Delivery by truck
Transportation Mode
Unknown

Does this brand offset carbon emissions and/or implement circular business practices?

paper / on the rocks uses waste streams to create notebooks, closing loops.

About The Company

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Paper / on the Rocks was founded in the Netherlands in 2015 and produces notebooks made of upcycling materials such as rock and leaf to inspire and implement solutions to protect our forests and nature. These books are ideal for writers, creatives, kids, and professionals. Paper / on the Rocks wants to give you a good notebook experience as humanly possible while smashing a wasteful industry such as the paper industry and then making great things out of it.

An activistic stationery company that uses business to inspire and implement solutions to protect our forests and nature.

  • Work towards a recycling stream for stone paper (circularity)
  • To produce the stonepaper material in Europe.

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Delivery To* (Website)

Delivery to all European countries

Subscription

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Store locator

There is no physical shop available

Delivery To* (Website)

Delivery to all European countries

Packaging/packaging materials

No details are available regarding packaging.

Donations / partnerships

They donate 5% of their profits to reforestation efforts and natural reserve protection initiatives.

Subscription

This brand does not offer a subscription programme

Materials

Construction rubble, other stone waste, and agricultural waste

Fully sourced and manufactured in Europe?

No

Certifications

  • B Corp Certified
  • Cradle to Cradle Certified
  • The production facility has an Effective Environmental Management System certification by international standards

Materials

Construction rubble, other stone waste, and agricultural waste

Fully sourced and manufactured in Europe?

No

Packaging/packaging materials

No details are available regarding packaging.

Donations / partnerships

They donate 5% of their profits to reforestation efforts and natural reserve protection initiatives.

Certifications

  • B Corp Certified
  • Cradle to Cradle Certified
  • The production facility has an Effective Environmental Management System certification by international standards

in depth production details

Analyze their supply chain: from the sourcing of raw materials to the people who make the product

HardcoverPecore Standard 80 pages = EUR 18.95

3x Children’s Do-Book set / Plant paper = EUR 22.75

The printing process for the notebooks is completely CO2 neutral. The resources needed to make stonepaper produces 600 Kg CO2, compared to 1500 Kg CO2 for virgin pulp paper.

The Rockbook produces 0.36 CO2 for its hardcover and 0.28Kg for its softcover.

500 of their stonepaper notebooks save 63,72 kg of CO2 emissions

The energy involved in producing stonepaper is 6.5x less compared to producing virgin pulp paper.

The energy used to produce rockbooks is 85% renewable.

No water is used to produce stone paper.

No information on this is provided by the brand.

The rockbooks are made of construction rubble and other stone waste while the leafbooks are made from agricultural waste. Stonepaper produces 0 Kg of waste while virgin pulp paper produces 150Kg.

No toxic materials are used. The ink is based on vegetable oils and no hazardous solvents are used either.

No information on this is provided by the brand.

Further reading

Better Paper - Paper / on the Rocks Documentary: Watch here

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