There is a popular opinion that production of paper, board and products from them are harmful for the environment. Alexei Sergeev executive director SRO Association “League of waste paper processers” will help to understand if it is correct in reality.
Myth №1 paper industry destroys forest. For production of paper from row pulp is used less 15% of prepared forest in Russia, this value is on the level 11%.  
Usually it is the lowest-grade wood because high quality wood is more profitable to use in other spheres of industry: building, furniture production and others. Rejects from wood processing in mentioned spheres: clips, chippings, branches, bark are used as raw material for paper industry.

Production of cellulose from non-narcotic cellulose will start soon in Penzenskaya region at the place of stopped plant for elimination of chemical weapons, it was the official information published on web-site of the government.
According to the document Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation should conclude with “OOO Inter-industry innovation complex” agreement “About making and operation of the object for processing and keeping of fiber crops, raw material and products from it” at the place of stopped plant for  elimination of chemical weapons in Penzinskaya region “Leonidovka”

Holland company "Crown Van Gelder"  designed technology of paper production from sugar beet. According to the declaration representatives of the company paper must be on sale in January 2021. New material with the name “Crown Native” contains less wood fibres and therefore negative influence of new material for environment less on 15% than from traditional paper.

Composite material on the base of cellulose and mica was designed in China, which in future can be a competitor to traditional plastic. According to physical-chemical properties new material looks like flaky nacre: in order to do it scientists designed unique procedure of specific bulge assembly. Material is totally stable to mechanical loads and action with high temperature but at the same time it is rather formable: pilot run of housing for smartphone is already manufactured.

Recently company Coca-Cola declared it plans in future to create the bottle for drink made of 100% paper. Under the words of representatives of the company “it will help to get close to  World Without Waste – World without waste". At this moment the project is on the stage of prototyping of the first generation.
«...the idea is to create paper bottle which is possible to recycle as the other type of paper and this prototype is only the first step. Paper bottle opens new possibilities for packaging industry; we are convinced that paper container will play a great role in future», - Stijn Franssen said, change manager in the packaging sphere in the region EMEA в Coca-Cola.