| Recycled Copier Paper - Too expensive, low quality or | | | | Buying recycled copier paper is only one step in doing |
| just not the done thing? | | | | your bit to help the environment - but it is a start. |
| There are a few reasons why you should use | | | | How is recycled paper made? There are a few steps |
| recycled paper - I guess it depends how much you | | | | involved here is short breakdown: |
| think / care about the environment: | | | | 1) Vast quantities of water is added to the 'scrap' |
| 1. Recycled copier paper is much better for the | | | | paper to create a pulp which is then cleansed through |
| environment. For every 20 cases of recycled paper | | | | 'screening' and 'centrifugal cleaning'. Any dense or |
| you use, over non-recycled paper you save roughly 17 | | | | larger than the pulp fibres is removed. |
| trees, that's around 400 gallons of oil, 7000 gallons of | | | | 2) The next step is to remove the ink and colours. |
| water and masses of electricity. Recycled copier | | | | 'Flotation' or 'deinking' pass air bubbles through the pulp, |
| paper also tends to use less harmful chemicals in its | | | | and the ink collect with the foam on the surface. |
| production. | | | | 3) To remove further the ink and colours and make |
| 2. It's high quality - especially nowadays. The quality of | | | | the paper whiter, peroxides and other chemicals are |
| recycled copier paper is now equal to the quality of | | | | used to bleach the pulp to the desired brightness. |
| almost all non-recycled papers. Long gone are the | | | | 4) The water used in this process is cleaned ready to |
| days of brown faded pages that jammed up our | | | | be used again. |
| printers and copiers. | | | | 5) The unusable material left over, mainly ink, plastics, |
| 3. You can buy recycled copier paper almost | | | | filler and short fibers, is called sludge. The sludge is |
| anywhere that sell non-recycled paper Recycled | | | | buried in a landfill, burned to create energy at the paper |
| paper is now commonplace with most stationery and | | | | mill or used as a fertilizer by local farmers in some |
| consumables stockists, like Whistle Ink, carrying a | | | | cases. |
| range. Commercial printers will also have a range of | | | | At the end of the day - it's all about quality - I don't |
| recycled papers for you to choose from for things like | | | | want bits in my paper! |
| direct mail, printed envelopes and brochures. You can | | | | Very good argument! Things have improved |
| even get your letterheads printed on recycled paper or | | | | significantly and you can get quality recycled copier |
| at least more environmentally friendly paper. | | | | paper. |
| 4. Your customers care. Savvy customers are | | | | Manufacturers like Evolve collect the waste paper that |
| increasingly taking the green credentials of their | | | | is of high quality and not mixed with lower grade paper |
| suppliers seriously. Buying recycled paper can help | | | | like newspaper and cardboard. This enables Evolve to |
| demonstrate your commitment to protecting the | | | | produce high quality recycled fibre that retains the |
| environment. | | | | whiteness of the waste paper. |
