I really believe this paper Cyclus is top of the range in terms of pro-environment authenticity as well as value for money. Made from 100% post- consumer and yet aesthetically appealing is no small feat. And not to mention very printable. What about those tiny dots or speckles?. Well it shows how genuine the post -consumer content is. In fact that is where the difference between a post-consumer as opposed to a pre-consumer waste lies.
Let me digress. Post-consumer waste are papers used with ink imprinted and/or foil stamped and/or uv -varnished or has incurred any type of writing or printing process or combination thereof. Think of the difficulty of removing these "impurities".Then to dispose these effluence or waste in an environmentally responsible way,. We do not have to go far. Just go to a nearby printing company and watch the ink in the surrounding drains. [I am not saying all printing cos. are like that in Malaysia but sorry to say it is the majority]. Anyway Cyclus is made in Denmark where pollution of the environment is taken seriously incurring heavy fines.
In contrast pre-consumer waste is quite straight forward. All unused papers fom the printer or convertor or off-cuts from paper mill are collected and recycled . Unprinted off-cuts or off-trims are sold for good money. Relatively easy to manage. Pre-consumer waste since it is not thrown away does not aggravate the problem of lack of landfills.
In many countries it is a norm to expect a recycled paper to contain a certain percentage of post-consumer waste and not necessarily 100%. Many text and cover paper like in the US that boast of being recycled contains no more than 30% post-consumer which is to be fair, is a respectable portion.This is so also to ensure that the paper maintains most if not all the properties of a virgin fibered paper.
Well you can't have everything. Recycled stuff is not perfect. With 100% re-used pulp the result will be less stiff, less bulk and of course, little specks scattered on the paper surface. And old pulp just cannot be brighter and whiter. So why then do we use Cyclus?. Printing on Cyclus is really about making a definite, commited stand for the environment. Let the paper mill explains :
Dalum Papir is known as one of the world's most environmentally-friendly paper manufacturers, producing fine printing paper based on a 100% recycling concept. This means that only recycled fibres are used in the production of Cyclus, and that all residual products from processing the used fibres are also recycled, e.g. as a raw material for making leached filler and as raw material for the cement industry, and as biological sludge for fertiliser. Our environmental commitment is met through the composition of our products and the production process. Producing fine paper from recycled fibres generates major savings in resources, both in terms of energy and water.
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