11" x 17" 30% Great White Printer Paper. 1 ream 500 sheets per ream. 20lb
Recycled Paper
Recycling saves trees and forest ecosystems, sequesters the heavy metals in inks and keeps them out of the general waste stream, saves landfill space, produces jobs, saves water and energy, and generates far fewer greenhouse gases than virgin paper production. Purchasers of recycled paper help create a market for recycled paper and incentives for the recovery of paper; the percentage of office paper currently recycled in the U.S. is a pitiful 20 percent. Recycling skeptics often claim that paper recycling involves toxic solvents and detergents, but newer de-inking systems, now widespread in the industry, have eliminated these troublesome substances. Look for the following labels on recycled paper: % Post-Consumer Waste (PCW): This phrase defines what percentage of a paper is derived from consumer-generated paper that has been recycled from the solid waste stream. This is the most efficient reuse of paper, and as a rule of thumb consumers should seek out the maximum percentage of post-consumer content, as opposed to "pre-consumer" paper, which involves mill wastes and scraps. % Recycled: This term indicates that a paper contains the specified percentage of all recycled material, including along both pre- and post-consumer content.
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