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RECYCLED FIBER : TECHNOLOGICAL and ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
INTRODUCTION
Increased use of recycled fiber or in common terms waste / recovered paper is the current trend in the paper industry globally as it is one of the survival routes for the paper industry against dwindling forest resources and environment related issues . Recycling has economic benefits too as it facilitates in meeting the paper / paper product demand without an equivalent increase in the demand of wood. In tune with the global trends , the recovered paper is being used by all segments of the Indian paper industry which account for around 37% of the total paper production . However this production figure is mostly met through more than 70% of imported substitute as the recovery rate of waste paper in India is substantially low with no appreciable rise in recovery rate witnessed in the last two decades.
The Indian Paper Industry started using recycled fiber as a raw material for paper making in early 70's only when Government took a conscious decision to increase domestic paper production capacity to meet the sudden spurt in domestic pulp & paper demand. Aided with various Government encouraging initiatives and policies a number of small recycled fiber based and other non-conventional ( agro ) based pulp and paper mills were installed. In the formative years, this segment of the industry was not very much organized and the capacity of the mills ranged from 4 tpd to 30 tpd producing only low grades of paper. The actual growth of the recycled fiber segment was observed only after 1990's. Since then, over the years , the consumption of recycled fiber has gradually increased from a mere 0.75 million tons in 1991 to 3.1 million tons in the year 2005. In the same period , however, a very marginal increase in waste paper recovery has been observed which has been . from 0.355 million tons in 1991 to just 1.1 million tons in 2005 . To compensate this shortfall the country has gone for increased imports of waste paper from foreign countries
PROJECTED DEMAND 
As per the Finnish Consulting Company Jaakko Poyry�s estimate, the projected demand of paper in India will rise up to 8.3 million tonnes by 2010. The waste paper requirement accordingly will increase to 3.7 million tonnes which will constitute a share of around 51 % in the total raw material furnish used by the Indian paper industry. The availability of waste paper from indigenous sources is expected to be around 2.5 million tonnes 2010 provided proper policy and planning is made to enhance the recovery rate of indigenous waste paper in the country.
AVAILABILITY OF DOMESTIC WASTE PAPER
Waste paper recovery system in India is very unorganized and unplanned . As a result, large quantities of waste paper get diverted for cheaper packaging and other uses or get destroyed as rubbish. Bulk of waste paper collected by street collectors in metropolitan cities goes to household paper bag manufacturers. Due to lack of any grading/ classification system in context of waste paper, no sorting or segregation is done at source and so most of the waste paper varieties are collected in commingled form. The probable sources of waste paper collection are as under :
Waste Paper Source Examples
Domestic refuse Newspaper, magazines, board cartons.
Industrial refuse Corrugated boards, duplex & other packaging board, paper sacks etc.
Office refuse Ledger files and papers from Govt. offices,
Universities & large business organizations.
Trade refuse Boards trimmings from converters & packaging manufactures, paper savings from printers
Road Sweeping Newspapers and magazines are usually recycled directly as wrapping and packaging papers by the grocers and pretty traders and therefore they are not available for mills in their first rejection. Other fibrous domestic refuse probably find their way as road sweepings.
In India, collection of office refuse has not been very high mainly due to unavailability of a viable collection system. In practice, more than 80% of the paper consumed in India is being collected, of which only 20% is being made available to paper industry and the rest 60% is usually diverted for other diversified / secondary uses such as wrapping, packing etc.
The developed countries, which are the major players in paper recycling business, have a well defined and planned waste paper grading system in place, which facilitates the collection of recovered paper sorted in grades with a limited mixture of fiber types. Due to limited capacities of landfill sites and (municipal) incineration plants, increasing waste disposal costs and environmental awareness a wide range of legislation / directives in various countries have been imposed which has promoted material recycling and reduced further , the generation of waste that requires disposal in appropriate facilities. These regulations set responsibilities for taking back used paper products and packaging material independent of the public disposal system and recycling them.
In India, however, no such regulations / law / directives is in force to promote use of recyclable resources, as a result of which the recovery of used paper is also low. As per the statistics available , the Indian paper industry is using more than 70% of imported waste paper in its total waste paper consumption . The general issues related with use of imported waste paper in Indian Paper Industry are:
Ø Inconsistency in quality and varieties of waste paper grades.
Ø High level of contamination i.e. prohibitives & out throws.
Ø Price fluctuation in the international market.
Ø High price for good quality waste paper i.e. low to negligible contamination level.
Ø High ash content in paper leading to low fiber yield / t paper and generation of inorganic sludge.
ISSUES RELATED TO WASTE PAPER BASED MILLS
Inspite of the fact that waste paper processing for paper making is considered to be an eco friendly process , there are certain technological & environmental issues still associated with waste paper based mills which needs to be addressed to improve its environmental compatibility.
Technological Issues 
The main objective of recycled fiber processing is the removal of contaminants and elimination of their effects as much as necessary to meet quality requirements. Removal of contaminants makes recycled fiber processing systems significantly more complex than systems for virgin fibers. There are several unit operations / stages viz. slushing, screening, cleaning, flotation, disperger etc. to remove the contaminants from recycled fiber stock. The technology is well established to produce newsprint, packaging grades and fine papers and most of the mills in USA, Europe have state-of-art technology for processing of recycled fiber. In India, however, most of the recycled fiber based mills do not have appropriate system configuration for efficient processing, as a result the quality of finished paper is low. The level of technology in majority of mills is obsolete. The operational efficiency of equipments and machines are also considerably below the optimum level . Due to lack of appropriate configurations, the amount of rejects generated are also high and is a major source of solid waste generated in such mills .
Environmental Issues
Among the environmental issues associated with recycled fiber mills , solid waste disposal and management is the subject of main concern. Deinkined sludge generated from deinking plants in mills using printed waste paper for producing writing & printing grade of paper , consists of mainly fillers and coating pigments, fibers, fiber fines, printing inks and adhesive components. A characteristic feature of the deinking sludge is its high ash content in the range of 40% - 70%. Traces of heavy metals may also be present in some cases. In most of the cases the heavy metal content is insignificant and sometimes even below the detection limit. The another important issue reported recently is the clandestine import of other waste like plastics, metal and cloth / rags etc (technically defined as prohibitive and out throws) along with waste paper.
OBESRVATION & REMARKS 
Generally the waste paper being imported in the country are recovered in segregated form as per the request of the importer. However, some cases have been reported wherein municipal solid waste constituting of plastics, metal cans and cloth / rags etc (technically defined as prohibitive and out throws) have been illegally imported in grab of imported waste paper This has led to the need of defining / formulating the permissible limits for the contaminants like plastics, metal cans and cloth / rags etc. in the imported paper . At present, no data /guideline is available on this issue Therefore; it is recommended to undertake an indepth study on this issue so as to evolve permissible limits for prohibitives and outthrows in the imported waste paper consignments entering into the country.
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HISTORY OF PAPER TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA
BY LALIT TIWARI
Paper manufacturing and book printing mark the beginning of the knowledge revolution. In ancient India knowledge spread verbally through the word of mouth from the teacher to the disciple, hence it was called Shruti. But with the discovery of scripts, written records gradually replaced the verbal transmission of thought.
It is interesting to note that mutual East-to East technological exchanges among Asian nations were frequent. I am sure, the Silk Road must also have played a significant role in the spread of early technologies. For example, the Bower Manuscript (mss), which is named after its discoverer was found in 1890, in Kuchar, in Eastern Turkestan, on the great caravan route of China. The large medical treatise called Navanitaka forms the second part of the Bower mss. The date of that mss falls in the second half of the fourth century A.D. Similarly, zinc smelting began in China in the Jiajung period (1552-1566 AD) of the Ming dynasty, though it was being produced in India in the 12th Century AD. It is believed that Buddhist monks also played a significant role in the transmission of medicinal and zinc technologies among the Asian countries.
It seems that the Chinese were the first to make paper, from where the technology went to Samarkand. From there it eventually reached India. Soon the Indian paper was being exported to West Asia, Europe and Turkey.
Let us trace the development of writing materials in India. We notice that Al Biruni, the great medieval scholar, always very objective and observant, records a good deal of information about writing materials also.
Ancient Indian Writing Materials 
In India, the available writing materials were generally of two types: hard and soft. Stone, metal, shells and earthenware were the examples of hard material. Engraving, embossing, painting and scratching were used for writing. Soft materials were wooden board (pati), dust (dhuli), birch-bark (bhurja-patra), palm-leaves (tada-patra), leather (ajina), cotton cloths (karpasika pata) and paper.
Ancient Hard Writing Materials 
Stone: - Stone engravings were made on caves, smoothed or rough pillars, slabs, lids of vases, caskets, etc. These dealt with official and private records, royal proclamations, land-grants, eulogies and memorials.
Metal: - Commonly gold, silver, brass, bronze, iron and tin, copper were used as writing materials.
Shell: - Specimens of some inscribed conch-shells have been discovered from the ruins of a Buddhist establishment at Salihundam in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.
Bricks, earthenware, terracotta: - In ancient times bricks, earthenware and terracotta were also used as writing material. Bricks and earthenware were generally scratched before being dried or baked.
Ancient Soft Writing Materials 
Wooden board: - About 5th centaury BC the wooden board was used for writing purposes. Writing on it could be done with a piece of chalk (pandu-lekha). This method was used for teaching. Al-Biruni, the great Arabian medieval scholar, also writes, "The (the Hindus) use black tablets for the children in the school and write upon them along the long side, not the broad side, writing with a white material from the left to the right".
Birch-bark: - The inner bark of bhurja (Betula spp.) tree was the most popular material for writing manuscripts, especially in northern-western India. Al-Biruni informs, "In central and northern India, people use the bark of the tuz tree, one kind of which is used as a cover for bows. It is called bhurja. They take a piece, one yard long, and as broad as the outstretched fingers of the hand, or somewhat less, and prepare it in various ways. They oil and polish it, so as to make it hard and smooth and they write on it."
Palm-leaves (tada-patra): - In southern India, palm-leaves tada or tala or tali were widely used for writing manuscripts. Al-Biruni has observed, "The Hindus have, in the south of their country, a slender tree like the date and coconut palms, bearing edible fruits and leaves of the length of one yard and as broad as three figures, one put beside the other. They call these leaves tati and write on them… They bind a book of these leaves together by a cord on which they are arranged, the cord going through all the leaves by a hole in the middle of each…They write the title of a book at the end of it, not at the beginning".
Leather: - Leather was rarely used as writing material in India, but in early and medieval times is was predominant in western Asia and Europe. Al-Biruni also notes, "The Hindus are not in the habit of writing on hides, like the Greeks in ancient times".
Cloth: - Smooth and non-porous cotton cloth was also used as writing material in ancient India. Nearchos (4th centaury BC), an admiral of Alexander's fleet, was the first to mention that the Indians used to write letters on well-beaten cotton cloth.
Paper: - Paper, as a writing material, was hardly known in India before the 11th century AD. Al-Biruni writes, "it was in China that paper was first manufactured, Chinese prisoners introduced the fabrication of paper in Samarkand, and thereupon it was made in various places, so as to meet the existing want".
Paper In India 
The Chinese prisoners of war, brought to Samarkand after the battle of Atlakh near Talas, first introduced (AD 751) the technique of papermaking from linen, flax or hemp rags based on methods used in China.
Ibn Nadim observed in Al-Fihristi: "The Chinese write on Chinese paper made from a sort of herbage. This (industry) is a great source of income for the city. The Arabs learnt the technique of paper-making from the Chinese captives at Samarkand and diffused it westward". Al-Biruni also stated, "The Chinese captives introduced it in Samarkand whence it diffused to other parts of the world".
After the paper technology reached the Arabs, the Arabians improved the technique and supplemented linen with flax and other vegetable fibres. With the conquest of Sind by the Arabs, Khurasani paper was first introduced in India early in the eighth century AD, and it continued to be imported for several centuries.
The reference to Indian paper suggests that the paper-making industry, however limited, had already been established in India, most probably in Delhi and Lahore, the two chief political and cultural seats of the Sultanate period.
In India, the first paper industry was developed in Kashmir, established by Sultan Zainul Abedin (Shahi Khan) of Kashmir in 1417-67 AD. Actually his father Sultan Sikander (c.1386-1410) was ruling over Kashmir at the time of Timur's invasion of India (AD 1398). Sultan Sikander sent an embassy, led by his son, Shahi Khan, to that formidable personage and sought his friendship. Timur summoned him for a meeting but in the meanwhile political developments at home compelled him to leave India. He hastened to Samarkand but took along Shahi Khan and kept him virtually as a hostage until his death. Shahi Khan returned to Kashmir with many artisans and persons skilled in various trades with a view to introducing new industries there. These included paper-makers, bookbinders, harness-makers and midwives. The author of Tarikh-i-Kashmir stated the following about Shahi Khan, "During his stay at Samarkand he acquired knowledge. When he returned to Kashmir he brought with him a number of artisans skilled in different trades such as paper-makers, book-binders, carpet-makers, harness-makers and well trained midwives."
Soon, because of its quality, the Kashmiri paper was much in demand in the world and the rest of the country for writing manuscripts. According to Tarikh-i-Farishta, "Sultan Abu Said sent fine Arab horses and strong camels of good breed as presents to Sultan Zainul Abedin. Pleased with this act of courtesy, Sultan Zainul Abedin in return, sent saffron, paper, musk, perfumes, rose-water, vinegar, elegant shawls, glass bowls and other fine products of Kashmir industry".
Indian Paper Manufacture Centers 
With the rapid demand of writing materials the paper making centers were established in different parts of the country like in Sialkot (Punjab); Zafarabad in district Jaunpur (Oudh); Bihar Sharif in district Azimabad (Patna) and Arwal in district Gaya (Bihar); Murshidabad and Hooghly (Bengal) ; Ahmedabad, Khambat and Patan (Gujarat) ; and Aurangabad and Mysore in the south.
• Out of these, the Punjab was the leading center. Sialkot paper was white in colour and very stout. It was used throughout Punjab.
• In Uttar Pradesh, Zafarabad is a famous town of district Jaunpur. It was known as Kaghdi Shahar (paper city) in olden times. It produced a very fine, glossy and strong variety of bamboo paper. Generally two varieties of paper were produced here, first was the polished paper, which was exceedingly glossy, and second was unpolished paper.
• Bihar had two major papermaking centers in medieval times. First was Arwal town in district Gaya, and second was Bihar Sharif in district Azimabad (Patna).
• In Bengal, Murshidabad and Hooghly were the major papermaking centers in the medieval times. At a later period, Dinajpur also started manufacturing paper.
• After some time, Gujarat developed as the largest producer of paper. It supplied paper to rest of India and also exported to the West, other Asian countries and Turkey also. In Gujarat, Ahmedabad was the largest papermaking center, it produced white and glossy paper.
• During the Mughal period, Daulatabad, with Aurangabad as its capital, emerged as an important papermaking center. The most remarkable feature of Daulatabadi paper was its durability and glossiness. Daulatabad was the chief supply center of paper to south India.
• Tipu Sultan developed papermaking centers in Mysore. The paper produced by Mysore, was a high quality paper, which was employed only for royal use.
• Other big paper making centers of medieval India were: Sanganer (in Jaipur, Rajasthan), Kotah (Rajasthan), Tijarah (in Alwar, Rajasthan), Kannauj (in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh), Kalpi and Pukharayan in Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Maler-Kotlal (Punjab), Hariharganj(in district Shahabad, Bihar), Kalita (in district Pabna, now in Bangladesh), Panchamnagar (in district Damoh, Madhya Pradesh), Dharangaon and Erandel town (in district East Khandesh, Maharashtra) and Poona.
Generally Indian papermaking centers produced glazed paper. Rahman has categorized ancient paper into seven categories: Kashmiri, Ahmedabadi, Hyderabadi, Faizabadi, Khasah-i-Jahangiri, Kanpuri and Aurangabadi.
• Ahmedabadi paper was a little thick and was of two qualities: fine and superfine. The paper had extra whiteness and glossiness.
• Kashmiri paper was stout and glazed. Some Kashmiri centers produced superfine paper called silken paper.
• Khasah-i-Jahangiri paper was made at Sialkot. The paper was glossy, thin, polished and bluish white.
• Hyderabadi paper was well glazed; some was polished and of brown colour with very fine shades.
• Faizabadi paper had three varieties: i) unpolished paper (medium quality); ii) pale yellow; and iii) polished dark yellow.
• Kanpuri paper was prepared from bamboo and was greyish in colour.
• Aurangabadi paper was glossy and stout, had a few varieties like, Bahadur Khani (medium quality paper, thick, stout and durable), Sahib Khani paper (medium quality, thick), Murad Shahi paper (fine quality), Sharbati paper thick and fine), Qasim Begi paper (thick), Ruba-Kari paper (This variety was made in four or five different grades) and Balapuri paper (four or five varieties of different colours).
Indian Technique of Paper Making 
Rahman describes the old Indian technique of papermaking and its tools. According to Rahman, the main tools used for papermaking were: dhegi (hammer), chhapri (screen), and sacha (teakwood frame), kunchawas (soft date-palm brush), and polishing stone.
The techniques of papermaking were essentially the same throughout the country, differing only in the preparation of pulp from different materials.
According to Rahman, "the process of making paper from waste paper was not very difficult. The waste paper was torn to pieces, sorted according to colour, moistened with water, taken to the river and pounded with stones, and washed for three days. It was then taken to a cistern about 7ft x 4ftx 4ft deep, half - filled with water. The pulp was thrown into this cistern. When it was thoroughly dissolved, the workman sitting on the edge of the pit, bending over the water, took in both hands the square frame which held the screen serving as a sieve, passed it underwater and drew it slowly and evenly to the surface; such that, as the water passed through, a uniform film of pulp was left on the screen. The screen was then lifted up and turned over, and the film of paper was spread on a rag cushion. When sufficient layers had been heaped on this cushion, about 9-14 inches high, a rag was spread over them and a plank weighted with heavy stones was laid over it. When this pressure had drained the water and some of the moisture out of the stock of paper, the stones were taken away and two men, one standing at each end of the plank, see-sawed over the bundle of paper by hand. When it was well pressed the paper was peeled off, layer after layer, and spread to dry either on the walls of the building or on rags laid in the sun. When dried, each sheet was laid on the polished wooden board and rubbed with a shell till it shone".
The above process was used for making rough paper.
Rahman describes another process of glazed papermaking. According to Rahman, firstly the material was cut into small pieces, moistened with water and pounded by a heavy fixed hammer, the dhegi. Then washed with clean water and moistened with slaked lime and left in a heap on the floor for seven or eight days, then pounded again, heaped and left to lie for four days more. Again washed this material (rag) with plane water and washed material mixed with khar (impure carbonate of soda, 1 khar : 38 pulp)) overnight. This rag was again washed and again mixed with khar (1 khar : 40 pulp) and dried in the sun. And again kept in water overnight and again washed. Washed rags were mixed with country soap (1 soap : 27rags) and pounded and dried. Then this pulp was washed again. Then placed into a cement-lined cistern, about 7ft x 4ft x 4ft deep. The rest of the process was similar to the above described technique.
Ray describes other processes of papermaking. According to Ray, the old clothes, old tents, the bark of certain shrubs and trees were washed well and soaked in water for few days; these materials were beaten with wooden hammer (dhegi). The pulp was mixed with a little water in a lime-lined (cunam) reservoir, where the beating operation was also carried out. The workman dipped their moulds into the reservoir, and the mixture, when lifted out, would become paper. It was then removed, and each sheet drawn through a second reservoir of water and then hung up to dry in sun. A quantity of gum Arabic was dissolved in water and then the beaten pulp was placed. The water in the second reservoir, through which the sheets were drawn, also contained gum in the form of mucilage, as well as some alum dissolved in it. The moulds or forms used by the workmen were generally made of bamboo. The gum Arabic was obtained as an exudation from the babool tree.
Modern Period 
Gondhalekar has also described the process of making handmade paper, which involved cutting, dusting and washing of the tat (discarded hessian sacks) then beating the tat under a treadmill, followed by washing. This washed mass was mixed with saji matti (naturally occurring sodium carbonate) and lime and exposed the mass to the sun in an open verandah for several days for sun bleaching. And this dried material was subjected to rewashing. And if necessary, the saji and lime treatment was repeated.
Then thoroughly stirring the pulp in a masonry vat sunk in the ground and lifting the sheet on a grass mat. After this sticking the wet sheets on lime plastered walls for drying and applying starch-paste on both sides of the dried sheet and glazing the dry sheet on a concave wooden board, with a smooth agate burnisher. And finally cutting to required sizes.
The above process could produce a fairly strong paper. Such paper was mainly used by the Government for state records, by priests for religious books, and by moneylenders and traders for account books.
Consistent with their policy of dismantling Indian industries, like iron, copper, textile etc, they also disbanded the native handmade paper industry. According to Bansal and Kumar (2001), "the handmade paper industry was in full bloom until the early part of the 19th century and enjoyed a very special status under state patronage. The British who were now ruling India completely banned the use of hand-made paper in all government offices and they started the import of machine-made paper from Britain. A few paper mills were established in India by the end of the 19th century, as a result of which a lot of cheap machine made paper appeared in the market for public use. This further caused a severe blow to the industry and made it difficult to survive. Many people engaged in it lost their jobs. This was a rough time for the Indian hand-made paper industry. Swadeshi movement under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi played a positive role in reviving the handmade paper industry. For the success of the movement, Gandhi ji drew the support of the manufacturers of consumer articles in the country and formed the All India Village Industries Association (AIVIA). Hand-made paper was also included in the list of village industries, which needed financial support and patronage for its products. Since there was a competitive market of cheap machine made paper of almost all varieties, it was imperative to improve the quality of indigenous products. For this purpose, in 1935, All-India Village Industries Association started a training centre at Maganwadi in Wardha (Maharashtra) under the guidance of Sri Kumarappa, a devout Gandhian and economist. This training centre was later renamed as Jamna Lal Bajaj Research Institute".
In 1924, more and more paper mills of India began to use bamboo as main raw material.
Paper Production in India 
In 1925, Bamboo Paper Industry (Protection) Act and in 1931, Indian Finance (Supplementary and Extending) Act came into existence which provided the protection, and some more mills appeared on the scene. Rohtas Industries Ltd., Dalmianagar; Orient Paper Mills, Brajraj Nagar; Mysore Paper Mills Ltd., Bhadravati; Star Paper Mills Ltd., Saharanpur; and Sirpur Paper Mills, Kagajnagar, Sirpur; were set up just before the outbreak of the Second World War. Indian paper Industry made remarkable progress during the war period.
In 1925, Punjab Paper Mills was started with an annual capacity of 6000 tons. By 1930-1931, the total capacity of paper production in India was increased to 45,600 tons as against 33,000 tons in 1925. The share of indigenous production in national consumption was now 71 % as against 54% in 1925.
Bansal and Kumar describe the net production of paper in India during the 1911-1950:
Year Production (thousand tons) Year Production (thousand tons)
1911 27.2 1945 110.1
1921 24.7 1946 105.1
1931 40.0 1948 92.8
1941 95.0 1949 106.1
1942 92.5 1950 109.3
1943 102.6 –
* Source: Bansal and Kumar. 2001. Paper making. In History of Technology in India. Pp: 722.
Production of individual paper Mills in 1947:
S.No. Year Name and location Production (Tons)
1 1881 Upper India Cooper Paper Mills, Lucknow 2,0302
2 1882 Titagarh Paper Mills Titagarh and Kankinara 38,550
3 1887 Bengal Paper Mills, Raniganj 11,760
4 1887 Deccan Paper Mills, Hadaspur 3,090
5 1918 India Paper Pulp, Naihati 6,040
6 1925 Andhra Paper Mills; Rajahmundry 1,630
7 1925 Shree Gopal Paper Mills, Yamunanagar 10,360
8 1931 Punalur Paper Mills, Punalur 4,120
9 1933 Gujarat Paper Mills, Barejadi 1,500
10 1935 F. Pudumjee, Bombay 1,120
11 1936 Star Paper Mills, Saharanpur 4,250
12 1936 Orient Paper Mills, Brajrajnagar 27,310
13 1937 Mysore Paper Mills, Bhadravati 3,990
14 1938 Sirpur Paper Mills, Sirpur-Kaghaznagar 5,480
15 1939 Rohtas Industries, Dalmianagar 12,860
* Source: Bansal and Kumar. 2001. Paper making. In History of Technology in India. Pp: 723.
The First Printing of Indian Characters
The 16 pages of Doctrina Christina were translated into Tamil language by Fr Henriques and Fr Manoel de Sao Pedro. This was printed in the Malabar Coast in 1578. This little work known only from this one copy becomes the earliest example of printing in the characters of one of the language of India. The 16 pages are printed on a single sheet, in conventional octavo format, the pages measuring approximately 14x10 cm.
Conclusion 
The handmade glazed paper was a remarkable product of medieval India. Bark and leaves of trees, silk or cotton clothes, planks, leather and parchment formed this paper. This paper was not only used in India but also exported to other countries. But nowadays the handmade paper industry is declining rapidly. Only a few areas are still there which produce handmade quality paper.
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Al-Biruni. Kitabul Hind (Leyden Edition), P. 31.
Bansal M. C. and Mukesh Kumar. 2001. Paper making. In History of Technology in India. (Ed. K. V. Mittal). New Delhi: Indian National Science Academy. Pp. 714-725.
Chaudhuri, Mamata. 1997. Writing materials. In History of Technology in India (Ed. A. K. Bag). New Delhi: Indian National Science Academy. Pp. 639-645.
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Lalit Tiwari, Lok Vigyan Kendra, Almora 263601, Email: ltherbal@rediffmail.com
PAPER: HOW MUCH WILL WE REALY SAVE
This is a collection of statistics and numbers to show the potential impact of Margin Changing, as well as some general stats I've come across in my research about paper usage, the paper industry and the environment. I'll continue to add to the page as I find more useful facts & figures.
MARGIN CHANGE IMPACT 
According to a study done by the Penn State Green Destiny Council, reducing margins to .75” on all sides results in a total reduction of paper by 4.75%. (1) This means that using these Efficient Margins on a ton of paper saves 19 reams of paper, which saves 1.14 trees.
This calculation is based on the following stats from Conservatree (2):
-1 ton of uncoated virgin (non-recycled) 20# printing and office paper uses 24 trees.
-1 ream of paper (500 sheets) uses 6% of a tree.
-1 tree makes 16.67 reams of copy paper or 8,333.3 sheets
-The trees that are being used to make the paper are a mix of 40 foot-tall hardwoods and softwoods, 6-8" in diameter.
So, you ask, what’s the big deal? 1.14 trees don’t seem like much of a tree-savings for a whole ton of paper. So cynical! Check these numbers out - they add up fast:
In 2003, the U.S. consumed approx. 5.4 million tons of office paper (3). If everyone used Efficient Margins, every year we would save 6,156,000 trees. (4)
Here's how you get that figure:
(5.4 million tons) x (Efficient Margins saving factor of .0475) x (24 trees/ton) = 6,156,000 trees
And by reducing the amount of extra paper we'd have to create, we'd save a lot in energy costs and waste products, too...
-Total energy: 9,840,368 million British thermal units (Btus), which is enough to provide power to 108,136 homes
-Greenhouse gas emissions: 1,459,535,366 pounds, which is the equivalent of CO2 emissions from 132,528 cars
-Solid waste: 584,396,539 lbs, which is the equivalent of 20,871 fully loaded garbage trucks
-Wastewater: 4.8 billion gallons, which is enough to fill 7,408 Olympic-sized swimming pools
Suddenly, one little margin change feels like it has a lot more impact!
MARGINAL SAVINGS 
If you’ve become Margins convert and want to convince your company or school to adopt the standards, you can use these equations to figure out the “tree” and $$$ savings:
Calculating Tree Savings
To figure out how many trees you'll save by changing your margins, use this equation:
(amount of paper needed) x (frequency) x (efficient margin savings factor of .0475) x (# of trees used in paper creation) = trees saved
For example, you have a 25-page interdepartmental project update that goes out every week to everyone in the company (300 people). That's 7500 sheets of paper or 15 reams used every week. Here's what the equation looks like with the numbers plugged in:
(15 reams) x (52 weeks/year) x (efficient margin savings factor of .0475) x (.06 trees/ream used) = 2.22 trees saved/year.
-Every week, 7500 sheets (15 reams) of paper are used for the update.
-This is a total of 780 reams/year for this project.
-780 reams uses 46.8 trees.
-Applying Efficient Margins saves 2.22 trees during the year.
Calculating $$$ Savings
To figure out how much money you'll save by changing your margins, use this equation:
(amount of paper needed) x (frequency) x (efficient margin savings factor of .0475) x ($2.50 - average bulk price for one ream of paper) = cost savings
Using the same example, the equation would look like this with the numbers plugged in:
(15 reams) x (52 weeks/year) x (efficient margin savings factor of .0475) x ($2.50) = $92.63
-Every week, 7500 sheets (15 reams) of paper are used for the update.
-This is a total of 780 reams/year for this project.
-780 reams costs $1950.00.
-Applying Efficient Margins means you only need 742.95 reams, which costs $1857.00, which means an annual savings of $92.63.
For some, almost $100 bucks is a nice chunk of change, for others, it’s merely pocket change. The key to making this idea work is that no matter how big or small the savings are from your perspective, the more people who actually do it, the more of a positive impact we’ll have on the environment. But since more often than not, businesses make decisions based on money as opposed to what’s good for the planet, here’s a handy dandy little chart I’ve put together for the costs savings for different amounts of paper
Video - Corrugating Box Making
Aspects of Corrugated Boxes
World has all kinds of different packaging, shipping, and corrugated boxes to stand out, it is because it has the simple purpose of light and caused it to make products easier to transport and sales. Today's corrugated box market in the product plays an important role, it is a new image from the mediocre "carton" bodiless from. Please take a look at the multiple functions of corrugated boxes: boxes of style, shape and design makes a vibrant packaging also makes products in the transportation and warehousing aspects of efficiency. Exaggeration of the pattern as a beautiful color and unique shape Jieke attract attention, so as to achieve mass escape the effects of the fast-speed sales. Printed on the carton on the content of the product, size, quantity, directions for use and handling instructions, etc., can make your products quickly reach their destination intact.
Corrugated materials can be recycled resources is also suitable for recycling after use
Corrugated box is wood fibers, wood fibers can be decomposed by natural processes; and timber in the planting and harvesting plans will not, under depletion. Most of the recyclable waste corrugated paper and then create new material, is a major contribution to environmental protection.
What are corrugated cardboard? Corrugated board is a multi-layered laminated body, it at least by a layer of corrugated paper core sandwich (commonly known as "Hang Zhang," or "corrugated") and a layer of cardboard (commonly known as "leather card") constitutes. It has high mechanical strength to withstand handling during the collision and wrestling.Depends on the actual performance of corrugated three factors: the core characteristics of paper and paperboard and cardboard structure itself.
Classification of corrugated board According to different combinations of corrugated board can be divided into the following five types:
By the core layer of kraft paper and paperboard card form known as "Lucy corrugated cardboard." Lucy corrugated cardboard, it is generally used as a cushion, spacing and irregular shape of the object wrapped.
by the core layer of kraft paper and card from top to bottom consisting of two layers of cardboard called "single-hole board."
two core sub-folder in the three kraft paper inside the card referred to as "double pit board." Two-hole board can be different in different pit width and pit or sheets of paper, such as "B", corrugated paper with "C" corrugated paper.
three core sub-folder in the four kraft paper inside the card called "Sankeng cardboard."
an exceptionally strong board determined by catamaran developed from a single pit board, it is the middle of the core layer of paper stacked by the two thick laminated core made of paper.Should appreciate that, and today we can produce many different combinations of corrugated board, the board has a different character and intensity to meet changing market needs.
Types of pit pattern Grooves according to the size of the core piece of paper, that is, its height and length of each unit of the number of charge within the grooves, corrugated cardboard can be further broken down. There are four grooves core paper, the following table shows the Mitsubishi, and Hang machine produced by Langston cardboard.
By the thick "A" pit pattern caused by carton, compared with "B" and "C" has a better top and bottom compressive strength, but "A" and "B" pit pattern comparison, thin "B" has a better resistance of grooves on the pressure resistance. "A" and "C" pattern for the next pit under the pressure and they need to absorb the energy of the carton packaging manufacturing. "B" pit pattern applies to the capacity and space is more important, the stacking strength than the secondary carton manufacturing. "E" pit pattern has the highest resistance to stress, but the shock absorption capacity of somewhat less. Mainly used to carry heavy loads Offset (Printing) corrugated boxes.
Paper core material Corrugated larger diameter hole, the stronger its rigidity. Board's toughness comes from the core paper layer, without thick hard filler. This would reduce the board weight and cost. Paper core can be semi-chemical pulp (such pulp paper can provide the best strength) and expected to result in recovered paper. The latter because of low cost, so as Hong Kong manufacturers are willing to adopt, although the paper strength than the former, but by adding starch to improve the paper mill.
Within the grooves in the corrugated occupy a certain space, their role is also very important, it can withstand the flat by pressure, lateral pressure, and other irregular pressure.
Kraft Card Leather card form the inner and outer layer of corrugated board, its function can be structural and / or decorative aspects. Layers of kraft cardboard cards to provide a variety of features, and these features can be adhesive, wax and other machining processes can be expanded.
Structural strength of the Enlightenment Below the required strength if the carton, on the need to identify the intrinsic junction. Do not take for granted that all cartons are necessary to thicken Hard. You know, making such "feeding" carton costs. Therefore, the question of cartons to be the right remedy. Check the scope of a multi-faceted, such as cardboard boxes are damaged in transit, stacking method is defective, if excessive loading, handling it properly; perhaps, the problem also investigated and traced back to empty the storage method.
You to take all measures to minimize loss, do not confine themselves to "thick hardened" narrow conception. Remember to change the shape often the same purpose carton! Find out you do have a capable and talented carton supplier, and he can meet your individual needs, and are free to give you boxes and related components of the technical guidance.
Corrugated box has three test categories:
Corrugated paper and kraft card test;
Corrugated board test: The carton testing. Test project, basis weight test, core paper flat crush test, ring compression test, pressure test paper core side, leather card side pressure test, corrugated board flat crush test corrugated lateral pressure testing, burst strength test , box pressure test, test boxes fall.
Purchasing Manager Information: Learn more industrial and corrugated paper box package design, allows you to know how to save money.Select the core you need to use paper and leather card:
Core paper and kraft card paper box factory can manufacture all kinds of combination of a carton from a strong and cheap products and even the delicate but high prices of products, which almost meet the demand of packaging products. Cardboard can be used in different grooves receive some special effects, such as compression, and vibration, and weight-bearing and so on. Appropriate choices can also reduce the use of materials and warehousing space.
