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Printer Paper
The Guide > Office Supplies > Paper, Pads & Envelopes > Printer Paper |
Choose Recycled
Choosing recycled paper products reduces the demand for virgin pulp, uses less water and energy, and creates a market for paper collected through recycling programs. Each ton of post-consumer-waste recycled paper saves 17 trees, 4,100kwh of energy and a whopping 26,000 litres of water. Presently there isn't a 100% post-consumer-waste recycled content white copy paper that is manufactured in Australia, so it's a trade off between paper imported from Europe, or buying a locally made product with a lower recycled content. Avoid imported, non-labelled, paper products. These are often from Asia and connected with illegal logging.
- Look for products with: a high percentage of post- consumer-waste recycled content; a high percentage of fibre sourced from sustainably managed plantations (i.e. FSC ' Forest Stewardship Council ' certification); and/or alternative fibres such as hemp, kenaf and bagasse.
- See the Wilderness Society's guide to ethical paper. [link]
Water and Forests
We all do our bit to save water. Shorter showers, half-flush toilets, using a bucket to wash the car. Yet logging wastes up to 1,000 litres every second, reduces water flow into our dams by 50% and causes erosion and pollution that affects water quality. Many of our ancient forests in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales are presently being logged ' clear felled, burnt, and turned into millions of tonnes of woodchips for paper and cardboard every year.
- So say 'no' to Reflex and other Australian Paper products (including Post Office brand), which use Australian native forest fibre and are chlorine bleached. [Ethical Paper Campaign]
- Choose copy paper with recycled content [Ethical Paper Campaign]
- Find out more about protecting our forests [Wilderness Society]
BRAND | COMPANY | OWNED | RATING |
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Ecocern 100% recycled post-consumer waste paper (from Australia - brown) | Ecocern | 2 | |
Quill | Hamelin Australia (Hamelin) | FRA | 2 |
Evolve 100% recycled post-consumer waste paper (from Europe) | Metsa Board (Metsaliitto Cooperative) | FIN | 2 |
Color Copy | Mondi | UK | 2 |
Nautilus 100% recycled post-consumer waste paper (from Europe) | Mondi | UK | 2 |
Cyclus 100% recycled, approximately 75% post and 25% pre-consumer waste | Dalum Papir | DNK | 3 |
Double A | Double A Distributor: CPI Group |
THA | 3 |
Vision Pure White 100% recycled post-consumer waste paper (from Europe) | Steinbeis Papier | GER | 3 |
Fuji Xerox | FUJIFILM Business Innovation Australia (FUJIFILM) | JPN | 4 |
J Burrows manufactured carbon neutral some products 100% recycled post-consumer waste | FUJIFILM Business Innovation Australia (FUJIFILM) | JPN | 4 |
Recycled Supreme 100% recycled post-consumer waste paper (from Europe) | FUJIFILM Business Innovation Australia (FUJIFILM) | JPN | 4 |
Australian | Opal (Nippon Paper) | JPN | 4 |
Brilliant | Opal (Nippon Paper) | JPN | 4 |
Green Wrap | Opal (Nippon Paper) Brand Owner: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Australia |
JPN | 4 |
Olympic | Opal (Nippon Paper) | JPN | 4 |
Optix | Opal (Nippon Paper) | JPN | 4 |
Planet Ark made from post-consumer recycled waste paper; FSC recycled certified; carbon neutral, made in Australia at Maryvale Mill, Victoria | Opal (Nippon Paper) | JPN | 4 |
Reflex | Opal (Nippon Paper) | JPN | 4 |
Reflex 100% Recycled made from 100% recycled paper; FSC recycled certified; carbon neutral; Made in Australia at Maryvale Mill, Victoria | Opal (Nippon Paper) | JPN | 4 |
Victory | Opal (Nippon Paper) | JPN | 4 |
Yes | UPM | FIN | 4 |
HP | International Paper | USA | 5 |
Paper One | APRIL (RGE) Distributor: CPI Group |
SGP | 6 |