GET Paper Industries

Get Paper Industry is a hand made 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 sun light 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.

Most of its workers are from local villages, where people have limited opportunities. GET Paper allocates 40% of its profits to its sister organisation, GWP (General Welfare Pratisthan). GWP supports five schools and social development issues of Nepal including female education, AIDS awareness, tree plantation, and agricultural based income generating programmes.

The basic raw materials for the handmade paper are waste paper, waste cotton fabrics from the garment industries, agricultural waste like banana fibre, straw and water hyacinth.