Selection of environmentally friendly paper

Nowadays, more and more people are aware of the harm that papermaking brings to the environment, and people's demands for environmental protection paper are also getting higher and higher. In fact, we have two ways to reduce the environmental damage caused by the paper industry: one is to provide customers with environmentally-friendly paper, and then we act as a supplier or consigner; the other is to try to buy and use environmental protection. Paper, at this time we are customers or consumers. In general, we are all consumers, after all, consumers account for the vast majority. In fact, our role is the greatest, because the purchase of customers will ultimately determine the supply plan of the producer. The following are some principles and methods that we should adopt when we as paper buyers or consumers contribute to environmental protection.

1 Establish a sense of responsibility for “environmental responsibility for everyone”

When buying paper, we must establish an environmental responsibility and try our best to buy environmentally-friendly paper.

2 Maximize paper savings

The habit of abusing and wasting paper must be eliminated. Here are some ways to save paper:
● Try to buy copiers, printers and fax machines that are double-sided by default;
● Improve the efficiency of use of each paper type document;
● Carefully check the design results before printing to avoid wastage on printing or copying due to modification;
● Do not send spam;
● Extend the life cycle of publications.

3 Maximize cycle life of paper materials

● Minimize the use of paper or paper products made from 100% puree fibers, such as newsprint, wrapping paper, and office paper;
● It is best to purchase paper with high waste paper content in papermaking materials. For example, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has stipulated that the raw materials used for printing and writing paper must contain a certain amount of

Waste paper (at least 30% for non-coated paper and at least 10% for coated paper);
● Set a timetable for yourself to ensure that the waste paper used is getting higher and higher. For example, we can guarantee that in the printing and writing paper we use in one year, such as

If it is a non-coated paper, the waste paper content after use should not be less than 50%, and the coated paper must not be lower than 30%.

4 Be cautious when choosing raw paper

The used pulp paper must be produced by an FSC-certified company. FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) is the world's only recognized forest protection organization that supervises paper mills using recycled forest paper.

5 Preferred chlorine-free paper

In compliance with the requirements of the paper, try to use non-chlorinated or non-chloride species. Although there are not many chlorine-free papers today, as long as many insist on purchasing and using such papers, it is believed that this type of paper will soon grow.

More than 6 to spread the concept of environmental protection to the people around them

Printed on some documents, the characteristics of environmental protection paper and the environmental benefits, awaken people's environmental awareness and responsibility.

In short, as long as we purchase more and use recycled paper, each papermaking company will eventually invest its energy in the environmental paper market. Due to cost, technology and other factors, the transition from plain paper to environmentally friendly paper requires a process, but as long as we work hard, I believe that the future of paper will inevitably replace plain paper.

Source: "Printing World" Author: Zhoushi Sheng Yong Sun help