CO2 per year. Savings from CDM projects TNPL’s products The paper produced by TNPL is manufactured out of renewable raw material and is subjected to Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) bleaching. As the paper is acid free, it has a longer colour stability and enhanced permanency in terms of strength characteristics. TNPL caters to the requirements of multifunctional printing processes like sheet-fed, web offset, and digital printers. The paper reels have uniform profile with strength properties to cope even with high speed machines. TNPL manufactures Printing and Writing Papers in substances ranging from 50 GSM to 90 GSM. Newsprint is normally manufactured in 49 Gsm reels and directly sold by the company to the various newspaper establishments such as The Hindu, Malayala Manorama, Ananda Bazaar Patrika and so on. Printing & Writing paper (PWP) is manufactured in reel and sheet forms with the Gsm (Grams per square meter – basis weight of the paper) varying from 50 to 80. Various sizes of reels and sheets are also cut to suit the customer requirements. Some of the major end-use segments of PWP are printing applications, note books, computer stationery, office stationery, etc. TNPL Ultra White Maplitho Radiant Printing Hardbound Notebook TNPL Offset Printing Cream wove Copy Crown TNPL Copier Students' Favorites Super Print Maplitho Perfect Copier Ace Marvel Export network TNPL is also exporting about 18% of the PWP production to 20 countries around the World. Australia Egypt Greece Indonesia Jordan Kenya Malaysia Myanmar Nepal Nigeria Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Sudan South Africa Taiwan Turkey U.A.E U.K U.S.A. Yemen Symbolic of TNPL's commitment to the environment, the ‘’’World Wide Fund for nature (WWF)’’’ has entered into a pact with TNPL to use the ‘'Panda'’ logo in TNPL's branded products. Criticism / controversy On 14 September 2009, General Farmers' Association of Pugalur, the Pugalur Consumer Protection Council and the Pugalur Channel Aycutdars' Association have alleged that the TNPL had released the effluents "on a large scale" into the channel. The "excessive" discharge resorted to by the TNPL on that day has caused consternation among the public in the area who "are afraid of the ill effects of the effluents" that flowed down the channel. Areas affected: Punjai Thottakurichi Punjai Kadambankurichi Nanniyur Pudur Thalavapalayam Ayyampalayam Vangal areas in Karur district. On the other side of the TNPL paper mill, areas such as Moolimangalam Moorthypalayam have also been affected due to the pollution caused by