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Recycled content in paper products
Category: Business and Money Asked by: zuluaz-ga List Price: $100.00 |
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31 Aug 2002 14:09 PDT
Expires: 30 Sep 2002 14:09 PDT Question ID: 60565 |
For each type of paper product below, please list the current average content of post consumer recycled, pre-consumer recycled, and virgin fiber under the following scenarios: Assume the customer is a medium to large business, purchasing in quatities typical for "average" medium to large businesses. 1) If the customer does not ask for anything in particular other than the best deal, what are they likely to recieve: Paper Type Post-consumer% Pre-consumer% Virgin% Uncoated: Coated: Cardboard: Tissue/Towels: Newspaper: 2) If the customer asks for high post consumer content paper products, what are they likely to be offered as being readily available at a competitive price? Paper Type Post-consumer% Pre-consumer% Virgin% Uncoated: Coated: Cardboard: Tissue/Towels: Newspaper: 3) If the customer is willing to pay a reasonable premium for high post consumer content paper products, what are they likely to be offered as being available in a reasonable amount of time? Paper Type Post-consumer% Pre-consumer% Virgin% Uncoated: Coated: Cardboard: Tissue/Towels: Newspaper: Also, please cite your sources of information. |
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Re: Recycled content in paper products
Answered By: larre-ga on 01 Sep 2002 03:02 PDT Rated:  |
Thanks for asking! I've prepared the requested tables below, using sourcing options commonly selected by medium-to-large size businesses. You'll find the resource listing and sourcing information detailed below the tables. 1) If the customer does not ask for anything in particular other than the best deal, what are they likely to receive : Paper Type Post-consumer% Pre-consumer% Virgin% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Uncoated: 10% 0 90% Coated: 0 0 100% Cardboard: 0 15% 85% Tissue/Towels: 60% 40% 0 Newspaper: 0 0 100% 2) If the customer asks for high post consumer content paper products, what are they likely to be offered as being readily available at a competitive price? Paper Type Post-consumer% Pre-consumer% Virgin% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Uncoated: 30% 0 70% Coated: 30% 20% 50% Cardboard: 25% 15% 60% Tissue/Towels: 60% 40% 0 Newspaper: 20% 0 80% 3) If the customer is willing to pay a reasonable premium for high post consumer content paper products, what are they likely to be offered as being available in a reasonable amount of time? Paper Type Post-consumer% Pre-consumer% Virgin% ------------------------------------------------------------------ Uncoated: 100% 0 0 Coated: 50% 50% 0 Cardboard: 50% 50% 0 Tissue/Towels: 100% 0 0 Newspaper: 80% 20% 0 Products/Sources Uncoated Paper Staples - Categories: Recycled Paper, Paper http://www.staples.com/default.asp?HPR=8 Buyer's Guide to Recycled Products - Paper http://www.prc.org/guide/bsp_papr.htm EPA - Paper - Recycled Content Guidelines http://www.epa.gov/cpg/products/printing.htm EPA Recycled Paper Suppliers (Adobe .PDF Format) http://www.epa.gov/cpg/avail.pdf/paper.pdf Coated Paper Buyer's Guide to Recycled Products http://www.prc.org/guide/bsp_po.htm Staples - Categories: Office Supplies - Injet / Photo Paper http://www.staples.com/default.asp?HPR=8 New Leaf Papers http://www.newleafpaper.com/products.html#a EPA - Paper - Recycled Content Guidelines http://www.epa.gov/cpg/products/printing.htm EPA Recycled Paper Suppliers (Adobe .PDF Format) http://www.epa.gov/cpg/avail.pdf/paper.pdf Cardboard Georgia Pacific http://www.gp.com/containerboard/products/index.html Corrugated Boxes http://www.corrugatedboxes.com/kraft.htm A-1 Boxes http://www.packing-material-suppliers.co.uk/cardboard_boxes.html Cardboard Calculator http://www.epa.gov/cpg/products/calcs.htm EPA - Packaging - Recycled Content Guidelines http://www.epa.gov/cpg/products/paperbrd.htm Tissue Staples - Category: Breakroom Supplies > Tissue http://www.staples.com/ OfficeMax - Category: Janitorial/Sanitation - Towels Tissue http://www.officemax.com Buyer's Guide to Recycled Products - Paper Products http://www.prc.org/guide/bsp_ph.htm EPA - Tissue - Recycled Content Guidelines http://www.epa.gov/cpg/products/tissue.htm EPA Recycled Tissue Suppliers (Adobe .PDF format) http://www.epa.gov/cpg/avail.pdf/tissue.pdf Newsprint Abitibi Consolidated http://www.abicon.com/aciwebsite.nsf/site/2/english/22/221/augusta.htm http://www.abicon.com/aciwebsite.nsf/site/2/english/22/221/alma.htm http://www.abicon.com/aciwebsite.nsf/site/2/english/22/221/snowflake.htm EPA - Newsprint - Recycled Content Guidelines http://www.epa.gov/cpg/products/newsprnt.htm EPA Recycled Newsprint Suppliers (Adobe .PDF format) http://www.epa.gov/cpg/avail.pdf/paper.pdf Google Search Terms paper recycled post-consumer content percentage newsprint recycled coated paper recycled cardboard recycled cardboard recycled 30% cardboard recycled 100% I hope this material meets your needs, and provides the information you're seeking. Should you have any questions, please, feel free to ask. larre-ga | |
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Great final answer. The first answer was 3-4 stars, and then the clarification was excellent. |
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Re: Recycled content in paper products
From: digsalot-ga on 01 Sep 2002 03:51 PDT |
Here is some additional information to go with the marvelous research done on the percentage of content tables and other information larre-ga provided above. First of all some good news. Today, paper with recycled content is very comparable in price with virgin content paper. You also ask for "Pre-consumer%" and "Virgin%," as well as post consumer percentages. In most of the information I have found, pre-consumer and virgin percentages are treated as a single category. The reason being that many paper labels simply state that the paper contains "recycled" or even "recovered" materials and this could refer to no more than pre-consumer waste made up of leftovers from the manufacturing process. So you need to verify that the paper contains post-consumer content. I will also probably be giving you some information that you already know, which means that I will be preaching to the choir. However, if you are a recycler, you may appreciate the fact that not everybody reading this comment realizes just how much we can help the environment by using recycled paper products. So maybe we can turn this into an educational experience for them as well. If every household in the U.S. replaced just one roll of 180 sheet virgin fiber paper towels with 100% recycled ones, we could save: 1.4 million trees 3.7 million cubic feet of landfill space (equal to over 5,500 full garbage trucks) 526 million gallons of water (a year's supply for 4,100 families of four) The above information is found at GreenMarketplace.com as part of the merchandising information for Seventh Generation brand paper towels. - ( http://www.greenmarketplace.com/greenmarket/products/detail-cloth.html?cart=10308313951530221&siteid=auemucrK5J0-Ohv8LmdYp93cJWq%2AgfuiMg&minsku=02-1003#moreinfo ) It really is worth the effort. Much of the following is from the Recycled Paper Coalition website where you will also find buying guide worksheets in PDF format. (Acrobat Reader needed) The site information addresses 'premium' pricing (and how to avoid it) as well as general information about different grades of recycled papers. You will find the link to them at the end of this section of the comment. Recycled paper products should have a minimum of 20% post consumer content to make the effort worthwhile and you should really not pay a premium for paper with recycled content. Price should be based more on quantity purchased rather than on the recycled content percentages. Your question asks about availability in a reasonable amount of time. The general rule of thumb for ordering recycled paper for your projects should be three weeks in advance. - - "Recycled paper print products people want are often not available on short notice; where the lead time for a printing project was formerly about two weeks, now most customers are requiring print jobs to be completed in two to four days from the time of placing the order. Most converters stock only what customers typically demand, and turn over their inventory quickly. The manufacturing cycle for paper, from "scratch to paper," is about three weeks. If customers are willing to plan ahead and allow more time for printing projects, they should be able to pay the same price (or only slightly more) for recycled as virgin. This doesn't mean you have your full concept or design ready, just your paper ordered." - The preceeding quote was from Recycled Paper Coalition website. Once again, 'premium' pricing is a very minor concern regardless of recycled content. Please note that any additional quotes used below are from the same website source unless labeled otherwise. "For some grades of paper, such as coated papers, there should be little or no price difference for recycled; the coating is such a high percentage of the cost of the paper that the fiber cost is relatively insignificant." If you do pay a small premium for recycled paper, you may want to consider the following: - " When considering premiums, it is useful to consider the cost of the finished product. The paper used is less than one-third the cost of a finished printing product, so the difference in cost for a finished product using recycled paper is much smaller than the difference in cost for just buying that paper alone. Companies might consider that small increase in cost as a marketing expense because using recycled is good public relations-just remember to publicize the percentage of recycled content!" "Take the long view. Paper markets are cyclical and highly dynamic. Sometimes all paper prices are high or low; sometimes market factors affect recycled and virgin papers differently. Experienced paper buyers recognize that prices will continue to vacillate." - Recycled Paper Coalition website - ( http://www.papercoalition.org/tnt-tips.html ) |
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