I’ve read in Neenah Paper promotional literature that your recycled papers meet the Executive Order of 30% post consumer content. What does this mean?
A. Executive Order 13423, signed in January 2007, requires copy and writing paper purchased to contain 30% post consumer content when available. As stated in section 2.(d), Federal agencies are required to acquire recycled-content products, including paper of at least 30 percent post-consumer fiber content. For more information about Executive Order 13423, go to: http://www.epa.gov/oaintrnt/practices/eo13423.htm The previous Executive Order, 13101, was signed by President Clinton in 1998 as a follow-up to Executive Order 12873 to strengthen “buy-recycled” initiatives in the federal government. The order eliminated the loopholes for availability and price, requiring copy and writing paper purchased to contain 30 percent post-consumer content when available, and mandating at least 20 percent post-consumer content in all purchases.
