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I get on the bus, stamp my ticket, and look over the documents for tomorrow's meeting. I grab two theater tickets - they are changing the posters. I pick up my mail. ¡Oh no! I see the prescription and realize I forgot to stop by the pharmacy. I put the receipt from the dry cleaner's on the counter, and look at the manual for the new DVD recorder. Wow, paper is everywhere! Multiplied by all of the cities, the people, the companies, the countries... What are the effects of so much paper consumption? Is it really true that the digital age is reducing the amount of paper we consume? Here you will find the answers to those questions and others you may not have considered.


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25/08/2011 - 14:49
Keep this in mind!

These days paper does have less impact on deforestation, but it contributes to the degradation of the forests. Recycled paper is the best option because it uses less resources and encourages reuse.

The quality of recycled papers is more than sufficient for most common uses.

If you buy virgin paper, find a brand which has the FSC certification, and if it has been whitened, get one that has has been bleached without chlorine (TCF).


Information sources
Businesses and trade union associations: Aspapel, Asociación Española de Recuperadores de Papel y Cartón, Celulosa de Levante, Confederation of European Paper Industries, Papelera de Enate, Dinamo Papelería, Eco-Reciclat, Ence, Gomà-Camps, Grupo Iberpapel, HP, International Council of Forest & Paper Associations, J. Vilaseca, Mondi, Museu Molí Paperer de Capellades, Océ, Portucel-Soporcel, Renova, Sniace, Steinbeis, Torraspapel, Unipapel, Zubialde;

organizations: Environmental Paper Network, European Environmental Bureau, Greenpeace, Observatorio de la Deuda en la Globalización, Redes - Amigos de la Tierra Uruguay, World Rainforest Movement, World Wildlife Fund.



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