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More sustainable than you think

Paper’s sustainable and getting more so. The pulp and paper industry has reduced its energy consumption substantially in the last 25 years, mostly through the use of efficient technology and cogeneration systems. Almost 56 percent of the fuel the industry uses to power its cogeneration equipment comes from wood waste, a renewable bio-energy source. In addition, the industry has dramatically reduced emissions though production has increased to meet demand. Also, in 2008 57 percent of all paper consumed in the United States was recovered for recycling.1

1 www.afandpa.org
2 www.need.org