The “Made From Newspaper” symbol might seem pretty self-explanatory on the surface but it actually represents a deep commitment on the part of all of us here at O’BON to provide you with a superior, more responsible product.  Many of our products are completely or partly made from newspaper such as our entire range of pencils and pens.

The advantages of this production process are many:

-          The actually production process of making a pencil using newspaper is very clean when compared to using wood.  Our factory is extremely low on the energy consumption scale of producing pencils. Unlike wood pencils, we have no trees to chop, no wood slates to grind and no hexagonal shape to cut by grinding wood. 

-          Our main byproduct is essentially just newspaper particles. These particles are sucked up and filtered before being collected in a storage tank. The contents of said tank are then spread throughout our gardens around our factory as mulch.

-          We are able to produce beautiful products from post-consumer waste, old newspaper, instead of harvesting raw, natural materials.  Essentially, we are finding a great use for a material that would otherwise be discarded.

-          The newspaper used in our pens means we are able to reduce plastic content by some 50%, resulting in less pollution.

-          The process of rolling newspaper around graphite instead of encasing it in wood means that the graphite is far better protected. In fact, we dare you to throw that pencil across the room.  In comparison, merely dropping a wood pencil on the floor can result in the graphite splintering and cracking. This is why we can confidently say that O’BON pencils often last 2-3 times longer than conventional wood pencils.

As you can see, there are endless advantages to purchasing a product that is produced more sensibly.  At O’BON, “Made From Newspaper” is both a fact AND a reminder to uphold our very own standard of producing excellent, beautiful and environmentally responsible products.