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Practicing "sustainable" purchasing is not as simple as just recycling anymore, and it becomes even more challenging amid the rising global demand for paper.
Rapidly Renewable Fiber: The More Sustainable Choice
We all want to purchase paper products that help that the environment by reducing energy use, greenhouse emissions, while protecting valuable old-growth trees. But practicing "sustainable" purchasing is not as simple as just recycling anymore, and it becomes even more challenging amid the rising global demand for paper. There exists a long-standing belief that recycling is the best and only option to minimize your environmental footprint. However that notion is being transformed, as innovation in the paper industry is unearthing more sustainable options. Sustainable paper production and consumption begins even before paper is recycled - it begins with rapidly renewable fiber (RRF). RRF is the new frontier of sustainability; paper made with RRF is made with environmentally friendly trees from plantations that are optimized to save energy while protecting old-growth forests.
Recycling - More than Meets the Eye
During the 1990s, recycling was popular because it was the only known sustainable option, and it was also straightforward. All you had to do...