Why Should People Ask For Recycled Paper?
With all this doom and gloom I’ve been reporting, you might be thinking that if demand is dropping, maybe there’s a good reason for it. What’s so frustrating about this situation is that recycled paper has solved all the problems that people have complained about over the years, and STILL people are not buying it. Conservatree keeps a running, and updated, list of environmental papers on our website and at this time, there are nearly 500 recycled papers available in the U.S. and Canada. Recycled paper is now made by the best paper companies in the world, and it’s exceedingly high quality. In fact, in 1998 the federal Government Printing Office tested 30% postconsumer copy papers against 20% postconsumer and virgin copy papers. After running over two million sheets through both copiers and printers, the results conclusively showed that the 30% postconsumer copy papers performed just as well as the other papers. A few years ago, Conservatree surveyed all the copier equipment manufacturer
