Paper use is one of the biggest drivers behind deforestation worldwide.

Please, where possible, use less paper!

Set targets for minimising paper usage in your office and set printers and photocopiers to double sided copying.

By reducing your paper usage, you will help to contribute to the protection of precious forests and water catchments and to the habitat of rare and endangered species.

Using less paper not only saves forests, it saves water and electricity, reduces landfill, reduces greenhouse pollution and saves you money.

Second to reducing overall paper use, buying 100% recycled post-consumer waste paper is the best way to minimise the impacts of your paper consumption.
Recycled paper requires approximately 90 per cent less energy to manufacture than paper made from trees.

There are now a number of high quality recycled office papers available in Australia, competitively priced and widely available through many suppliers including www.scrapltd.com.au

Evolve Everyday
100% recycled paper, high post-consumer content, oxygen bleached. Made in France.
Brightness CIE 150; archival quality suitable for all office machinery.
A4 80gsm A3 80gsm.

Evolve Business
100% post-consumer recycled paper, oxygen bleached.
A4 100gsm

Steinbeis Evolution White
100% recycled paper. Made in Germany. Greenpeace Germany endorsed; Blue Angel and Nordic Swan certified papers.
A4 80gsm

Steinbeis Vision Colours
100% recycled paper. Benign dyes in 9 colours – moss green, aqua blue, canary yellow, red, orange, pastels – salmon, pink, blue, green, yellow.
A4 80gsm

Fuji Xerox Supreme
80% post consumer recycled paper (20% ECF virgin pulp – sustainably managed). Made in Europe.
A4 80gsm

Ecocern Brown
100% post consumer recycled copy paper Australian made, unbleached (brown). Not guaranteed for printing but generally OK.
Also available in 320gsm packs of 200 x A4, A3
A4 105gsm A3 105gsm

Canefields
80% bagasse (sugar cane waste) 20% plantation,
minimal chlorine bleaching. Made in India.
A4 80gsm

Canon Colours
Plantation timber, 100% totally chlorine free, uses food colouring only, no biocides.
Aqua blue, blue, lavender, grey, dark green, sand, lime green, yellow, green, sun yellow, coral, pink, orange.
A3 Available in: blue, sand, yellow, green & pink
A4 80gsm A3 80gsm

Canon Colours (Optix Card)
Plantation timber, 100% totally chlorine free, uses food colouring only, no biocides.
Available in: canary yellow, robin red, puffin blue and parakeet green, pink.
A4 140gsm

Canon Parchment
Plantation timber, 100% totally chlorine free, uses food colouring only, no biocides.
Available in: white, blue, natural, green, grey & lavender.
A4 80gsm A3 80gsm

Australian Paper, the manufacturer of Reflex office papers Australian Paper, the manufacturer of Reflex office papers, now produces a recycled paper - Reflex Recycled. Whilst this is a welcome move, Australian Paper is still one of the largest buyers of native forests in the Central Highlands of Victoria. These forests are the most carbon dense on Earth, they are important water catchments and they are home to endangered species.

EEG cannot support the same branding as papers that are made from the clearfelling of magnificent forests of the Central Highlands Recently, Australian Paper was purchased by Nippon Paper. Nippon Paper is also the buyer of export woodchips from Victorian and Tasmanian forests. Whilst this woodchipping continues, we cannot support any of their paper products.

To help move Australian Paper out of our magnificent native forests, sign the Ethical Paper pledge here. Add your voice to forest protection.

On average, each tonne of paper removed from commercial correspondence saves:
* 18 trees
* 67,500 litres of water
* 9,500 kWh of power
* 3,300 kg of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2 equivalent or CO2e)

For comprehensive information about recycled paper and where to purchase these products, please download the following Guide to Ethical Copy Paper

Ethical_Paper_Guide_v3.pdf (2.23MB)

Visit the www.ethicalpaper.com.au for more information.

Please sign up now as individuals, and spread far and wide. If you are an organisation, or know of anyone who could sign on behalf of an organisation or business, please pass on to sign the pledge.