What is the difference between recycled paper and non-recycled paper?
As their names indicate, recycled paper typically has X percentage of its content from post consumer paper; whereas non-recycled paper is made entirely from new pulp or virgin that was produced directly from fibres of a tree. You may ask, what is the difference between post-consumer paper and recycled paper? Recycled paper usually has between 5-30% of its content from post consumer content and the rest from virgin pulp. Although, due to high public demand for more environmentally friendly paper, there are numerous paper types and brands that are made entirely from post-consumer content Such as Enviro100TM . Most of these paper type that contain 100% post-consumer content are uncoated and have a matte looking finish similar to those typically used for newsletters or laser printers. The higher the post consumer content in a recycled paper the better it is for the environment. Post-consumer paper is usually referred to all the paper that is already used by consumers and is collected by re
