Proposed pulp and paper plant revives debate on private access to degraded forestland

One of the sites ITC is looking at for its pulp and paper unit is in Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh.

ITC's proposed plant of 200,000 tonnes paper capacity will need 400,000 tonnes of dry wood, for which, in turn, 800,000 tonnes of wet wood (with normal moisture content) are needed.

The fibre of the banana tree is a sustainable resource to manufacture paper

But the banana paper manufacturing process can be made more ecofriendly

A Sri Lankan company uses elephant dung to make paper and profits