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Recycled papers

The folks at Arjowiggins got in touch to show us this little video*, which is part of a campaign they're running, pushing their environmentally friendly stocks.

It put us in mind of a post we ran a couple of years ago about recycled papers, which then made us check out the Lovely as a Tree site, which is perhaps the most useful place to visit, especially as it's been updated fairly recently, and has a comprehensive list of the different recycled papers available.

Interesting to note that Lovely as a Tree also shows you where the papers are manufactured, so you can make sure that you're not mistakenly shipping your stock for an A5 leaflet half way round the world first.

Paperback still seem to be leading the pack when it comes to supplying truly environmentally friendly papers.

*Flatulence is nearly always funny isn't it?

posted: 4 November 2009
categories: Graphics | Web

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