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Switch to Recycled Paper in Your Office

You probably have a good idea of how much printer and photocopy paper is used in your office on any given day.  It’s a whole lot!   According to the Environmental Defense, it takes about 24 trees to make one ton (2,000 pounds) of standard (20 pound) virgin printer and copy paper, which is 40 [...]

The Reason Why Plastic Bags are Bad

The grocery line inquiry of “Paper or plastic?” never used to involve so much thought, but now choosing a bag is not so simple. If you are like many people, you have no clue why there is such a backlash in the eco-conscious world against plastic bags. Many activists are pushing for [...]