Neptune Papers (Pvt.) Ltd. runs an environmentally-friendly business of shredding and recycling waste paper. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is the No.1 waste paper exporter in Sri Lanka. We provide an important shredding service to banks and other institutions for the secure shredding of their confidential documents, free of charge, in the presence of their officials. The products are then baled using automatic machinery using state-of-the-art-technologies. The bales of shredded papers are then exported for recycling purposes.
The eco-friendly nature of Neptune Paper's business means that through recycling, waste paper is put back into the economic cycle instead of being dumped, thereby reducing waste and saving trees. The sustainability of this project is also illustrated by the fact that it has created 150 or so jobs in the community.
Neptune Papers collect waste paper such as new corrugated cuttings from the corrugated industry, box board cuttings, printing off-cuts, note book trimmings & pure white cuttings from the printing industry, textile tubes & used, corrugated cartons from the garment industry, sack craft from the tea industry and day to day office waste paper and newspaper from offices and homes.
In 2008, our Hand Made Paper Unit commenced the manufacture of handmade paper, boards and eco-friendly products for the local & international markets. The raw material for handmade paper and boards are obtained from the waste paper that we collect in Sri Lanka.
Neptune Papers is the proud recipient of the Haritha Sammana Award, in the Industry Category, by Help Green in Sri Lanka. One of the criteria for this award is a high impact factor through active participation in sustainability programs or in developing relevant policy frameworks and thus demonstrating the leadership, vision and creativity in relation to environmental protection and management. Other criteria include the innovativeness of the project, its originality, effectiveness based on measurable results, its influence to the society, its viability, sustainability and the long term impact.
