Our insatiable demand for paper has resulted in broad reaching economic and political changes to ensure that its manufacture and consumption can be environmentally sustained.
Paper continues to play a significant role in almost every aspect of our daily lives, yet it is a product we rarely question. The majority of us simply take it for granted. Although it has been challenged for its dominance by new technologies, paper remains a seemingly irreplaceable medium and continues to be in high global demand.
Worldwide, voluntary controls and government regulations now influence the responsible manufacture of papers, so that they conform with strict environmental and quality standards. These controls now operate through the entire paper making process, from well managed forests that are certified and audited, through to paper mills that have adopted environmentally sustainable management practices and operating procedures.
This environmental section of our website will explain some of the international standards and environmental credentials now being widely used in paper manufacture and it will detail the range of product options that we can offer. From virgin fibre products sourced from environmentally managed forests, through to papers that are recycled or made from alternative fibre.
Because we have choice in the paper products that are available to us, we need information that will help us to exercise our choice in the most effective and responsible way.
