Paper

In the United States, the pulp and paper industry consumes a large amount of energy and water.

It also emits significant amounts of air pollution (including greenhouse gases and particulates), pollutes the water, and produces solid waste. Using post-consumer content paper results in a number of environmental benefits, including reductions in energy consumption, greenhouse-gas emissions, wastewater, and the use of natural resources (wood).

For each ton of recycled fiber that replaces an equivalent amount of virgin fiber used to produce coated paper, energy consumption is reduced by 27 percent, greenhouse-gas emissions are reduced by 47 percent, wastewater by 33 percent, and wood use by 100 percent.

Today most printing companies use recycled paper that incorporates some degree of post-consumer content (PCC). Although virgin paper—free of post-consumer content and its resulting imperfections—provides a high-quality visual experience, it comes at a significant environmental cost, and many of its desirable features can now be achieved with recycled material.


The feeder part of the press in which paper from a pile is separated into individual sheets and placed into the press for printing.
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