GET Paper Industries, Nepal

Get Paper Industry is a handmade paper products cooperative, using waste material such as cotton rags, waste paper and agriculture waste.

The production process is environmentally friendly, with the paper being dried in sunlight, and a waste water treatment plan to process waste water.

Their mission is to carry out traditional hand made paper crafts of Nepal in a commercial as well as environmentally sustainable manner and providing employment opportunity, mainly for women.

40% of Get Paper Industries profits is put back into social development issues of Nepal including girls' education, AIDS awareness, tree plantation, and agriculture based income generating programs.