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Notebooks & Pads
The Guide > Office Supplies > Paper, Pads & Envelopes > Notebooks & Pads |
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]
Alternatives beyond the mainstream
Green Collect [more info]
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Features: Salvaged and upcycled stationery
Shop online from Green Collect's range of salvaged stationery, recycled furniture and unique range of upcycled products. Social enterprise based in Yarraville, VIC.
Manufacturer: Green Collect
Shop online from Green Collect's range of salvaged stationery, recycled furniture and unique range of upcycled products. Social enterprise based in Yarraville, VIC.
Manufacturer: Green Collect
BRAND | COMPANY | OWNED | RATING |
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Quill | Hamelin Australia (Hamelin) | FRA | 2 |
Note Book some recycled | Note Pad Manufacturers | 3 | |
Windsor & Newton | ColArt (Lindengruppen) | SWE | 3 |
Olympic | Opal (Nippon Paper) | JPN | 4 |
Tudor some recycled | Opal (Nippon Paper) | JPN | 4 |
Cambridge by Mead | ACCO Brands Australia (ACCO Brands) | USA | 5 |
Colourhide | ACCO Brands Australia (ACCO Brands) | USA | 5 |
Derwent | ACCO Brands Australia (ACCO Brands) | USA | 5 |
Marbig | ACCO Brands Australia (ACCO Brands) | USA | 5 |
Spirax | ACCO Brands Australia (ACCO Brands) | USA | 5 |