I’m often referred to as the Banana Paper Guy, since 1995 when Ian, Alvaro
and I created the company we have been making Banana paper and notebooks
ever since. I have created and made these great natural banana paper and
notebooks for you all to enjoy and also help enlighten people to the
alternatives to what is available, its a shame that most of the companies in
the industry use green rhetoric such as recycled paper to deceive consumers
into thinking the companies products are either good for the environment or
didn’t harm it in production. When that simply is not the case, remember in
the paper industry the word recycled doesn’t mean anything. For example
companies use virgin pulp to create a product, the various size scraps and
leftovers are then called recycled even though they were made from virgin
pulp and never really recycled in the first place. Where as Post Consumer
(which has been sold as one product then recycled back into the mill and
formed into a new or different product) is actually re using papers from a
previously sold product therefore eliminating waste that would end up in
rivers or landfills. So remember next time your shopping for paper make
absolutely sure that if you care about doing the right thing you recycle
your paper waste and know a little bit about exactly what your purchasing!