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The Guide > Office Supplies > Paper, Pads & Envelopes > Notebooks & Pads 

    Industry Alert: Forest logging (choose recycled)

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]
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
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BRAND COMPANY OWNED RATING
Cambridge by Mead  ACCO Brands Australia   (ACCO Brands) USA  Some praise, no criticism2
Colourhide  ACCO Brands Australia   (ACCO Brands) USA  Some praise, no criticism2
Derwent  ACCO Brands Australia   (ACCO Brands) USA  Some praise, no criticism2
Marbig  ACCO Brands Australia   (ACCO Brands) USA  Some praise, no criticism2
Spirax  ACCO Brands Australia   (ACCO Brands) USA  Some praise, no criticism2
Quill  Hamelin Australia   (Hamelin) FRA  Some praise, no criticism2
Note Book some recycled some recycled Note Pad Manufacturers   Australian Owned  No rating3
Windsor & Newton  ColArt   (Lindengruppen) SWE  No rating3
Olympic  Opal   (Nippon Paper) JPN  Criticism, some praise5
Tudor some recycled some recycled Opal   (Nippon Paper) JPN  Criticism, some praise5



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