Paper Making: What makes Paper Production such a wasteful process?
PAPER TRAILS THE BLOG Paper Making: What makes Paper Production such a wasteful process? Water – it’s essential for our survival: to keep hydrated, grow food, wash. And it’s a key element in the production of wood pulp paper. This is the second in a series of blogs looking at the impact of the paper […]
What is a B Corp? And why is Paper on the Rocks so proud to be one?
PAPER TRAILS THE BLOG What is a B Corp? And why are we proud to be one? A ‘B Corp’, or a benefit corporation, is a company that’s part of a global economy that uses business as a force for good. The B Corporation certification allows people like us to live our values through what […]
How do you make paper out of rock?
PAPER TRAILS THE BLOG How do you make paper out of rock? By now you must have noticed that On The Rocks makes stationery from, amongst others, rocks. It sounds cool, we know, but we want to explain the production process a bit more in-depth. For stone paper, you need two elements: 80% ground calcium […]
8 unique characteristics of stone paper
PAPER TRAILS THE BLOG 8 unique characteristics of stone paper Rockbooks are made from stone paper. Softcover Rockbooks are made from 100% stone paper. That means, from the cover to the pages on the inside: we only use stone paper. Hardcover Rockbooks have a cardboard cover, but are made from 100% stone paper apart from […]
The benefits of writing with pen and paper
PAPER TRAILS THE BLOG The benefits of writing with pen and paper Here at On The Rocks, we are big fans of writing with pen and Rockbooks. Not much to your surprise, we assume. However, what might surprise you is the amount of research done on the benefits of writing as compared to typing a […]
What is the environmental impact of deforestation for paper production?
PAPER TRAILS THE BLOG What is the environmental impact of deforestation for paper production? In this post, we’re focusing on deforestation in the name of paper production. What is deforestation? What’s so bad about it? And what can we do to help? This is the first in a series of blogs looking at the impact […]
Why we don’t a plant tree
PAPER TRAILS THE BLOG Why we don’t plant a tree We don’t plant a tree for every notebook we sell, because it does not contribute to solving the root cause of the paper problem. We face large scale deforestation and biodiversity loss due to too much pressure on our natural resources in general. To offer […]
Why not all papers look alike (and looks can be deceiving)
PAPER TRAILS THE BLOG Why not all papers look alike (and looks can be deceiving) For people, paper is emotion. Emotion in the writing that covers the pages, but also sentimental emotion in the paper itself. What does it feel like, how does it look? Wrinkle? Smell? What most of us are not aware of, […]