UGANDA
PAPCOT PAPER
COTTON PREP
FRAMING
FRAMING
feels like Paper. made from Cotton
PapCot is a novel material made from cotton waste.
It's lightweight and versatile like paper. It even feels like paper.
But it has the strength and durability of cotton.
If you are concerned about the environment, but need a 'paper' product, choose PapCot!
WHY PAPCOT PAPER?
ECO FRIENDLY
PapCot Paper is made from waste cotton collected from mills.
Wood fribres/pulp are never used, therefore preserving the environment
STRONG
Although PapCot Paper looks and feels like paper, because it is made from from cotton, it is 10 times as strong.
DURABLE
PapCot Paper has a long life. Therefore you can be sure it will survive, whatever comes its way.
FLEXIBLE
Packaging, Bags, Gift Boxes, Colours, Branding....whatever your needs are, we can help!
ECONOMICAL
PapCot Paper is affordable despite its unique properties. Ask, you will be surprised!
FROM SEED TO SEED!
PapCot Paper starts life as a seed and ends life as a seed!
SEEDLING
COTTON
COLLECTION
BACK TO SEED
Our PapCot Paper starts life as a cotton seed
The seed grows to become cotton
Waste cotton is collected from the factory floor
When PapCot paper is discarded, the seed will sprout.
HOW PapCot PAPER COMES BACK TO LIFE!
In the final stages of production seeds are added to our white PapCot paper. If you take a close look at the 'paper' you will see little black dots 'embossed'. These are in fact, seeds.
As the bags degrade, the seeds will sprout!
Can you get 'greener' than PapCot paper?
ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES
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Wherever you use traditional paper or card, think PapCot.
Papcot can be used to replace traditional paper, without compromising the quality to your customers or impacting the environment.
SO, CONTACT US TO LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE. WE ARE HERE TO HELP
PapCot, the paper alternative you've been waiting for!
A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION
SUSTAINING AN ANCIENT CRAFT
SUSTAINING TRADDITION
The making of Papcot bags is a jealously guarded secret. And for good reason. The manufacturing process is unique and provides employment for rural communities in India.
By using a Papcot bag, you are sustaining communities and livelihoods.
FULLY
BIODEGRADABLE
BIODEGRADABLE
Because Papcot bags are made from cotton, they are highly reclycable and biodegrable.
At the end of their life, the bags will simply return to nature, with no harm to the environment.
Papcot!
Nature's choice.
WASTE NOT
WANT
NOT
NO WASTE
Papcot bags are made from cotton waste, collected from the floors of cotton mills.
With Papcot bags, this waste has a second life.
Less Waste. Less Pollution. Great for the environment
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIROMENTAL
Papcot bags are handmade by artisans. No industrial processes that pollute.
Tjherefore PapCot bags have a low carbon footprint, reducing environmental damage.
For this reason alone, PapCot bags are clever alternative to paper.
THE MAKING OF PAPCOT PAPER
COTTON PREP
01
Village women cut the waste garments and fibres, to begin the process of making Papcot. These women are the mainstay of the process and the community owns the intellectual property of the Papcot process. This empowers the women economically by providing them with an independent income.
04
The settled paper is dried with sunlight, thus using a sustainable and free energy source. Drying takes between four and six days.
DRYING
02
The cut fibres are soaked in preparation for the next stage of setting the frame for the sheets. Soaking requires only a small amount of water, which is reused many times. This makes Papcot bags very environmentally-friendly. The base colour of the bags is determined at this stage.
SOAKING
03
Settling the soaked material gives it consistency, form and size. It requires patience and time. Flower seeds are embedded here for PapCot seed fabric.
FRAMING
05
Each bag and article is cut by hand, thus each is unique.
CUTTING
06
Traditional blocks are used for printing with natural colours.
PRINTING
PAPCOT TRANSFORMED
After the end of production, the paper is ready to be transformed into anything you wish!
