[mou] Reducing Paper Consumption

Julian Sellers JulianSellers@msn.com
Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:21:27 -0600
Previous message: [mou] Reducing Paper Consumption
Next message: [mou] Reducing Paper Consumption
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_000_0028_01C633DE.344F0CF0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Following up on Shawn Conrad's message, the following facts are mostly =
from web pages of Environmental Defense and the Natural Resources =
Defense Council.  I can send a version with footnotes and links to the =
web pages to anyone who would like to have it.
=20

  a.. Less than 8 percent of Canada's boreal forest is protected.  The =
United States is the destination for nearly 80 percent of Canada's =
forest products, including lumber, toilet paper, catalog paper and =
newsprint.=20
  b.. In 2001, nearly 17 billion catalogs were sent to consumers in the =
U.S.=20
  c.. One-third of logging in the U.S. is for paper.=20
  d.. In the southeastern U.S., 1.2 million acres of forest are clearcut =
for paper every year.=20
  e.. For the manufacture of paper, mature, biodiverse forests are =
clearcut and replaced with biologically impoverished pine plantations or =
left to regenerate with shade-intolerant species.=20
  f.. Paper manufacturing is a major source of mercury, lead, and dioxin =
pollution, and is the largest consumer of freshwater on earth.=20
  g.. Paper manufacturing is the third largest source in the U.S. of =
greenhouse gases, and the amount of greenhouse gas produced is expected =
to double by 2020.=20
  h.. When paper decomposes in a landfill, it creates methane, a =
greenhouse gas with 21 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide.
=20

Some things you can do to reduce paper consumption and logging for =
paper:

=20

  a.. Get off the mailing lists for catalogs and other direct marketing =
solicitations.  See =
http://www.eurekarecycling.org/PDFS/Reduce_Junk_Mail_Kit.pdf for =
instructions and phone numbers to call to get off of mailing lists.  =
Those who don't have internet access can call Eureka at 651-222-7678, =
and ask them to send a junk mail reduction kit.=20
  b.. Recycle all of your paper and cardboard.  If you live in St. Paul, =
you have weekly curb-side pickup by Eureka Recycling.  Call Eureka or =
check eurekarecycling.org to find out your pick-up day.  If you don't =
live in St. Paul, check with your local government for recycling =
opportunities.=20
  c.. Use products made from recycled paper, preferably 100% =
post-consumer recycled.  The products are available-everything from =
office paper to paper towels, Kleenex-type tissues, and toilet paper.
Julian Sellers

St. Paul


------=_NextPart_000_0028_01C633DE.344F0CF0
Content-Type: text/html;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML xmlns:st1 =3D "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns:o =
=3D=20
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV>Following up on Shawn Conrad's message, the following facts are =
mostly from=20
web pages of Environmental Defense and the Natural Resources Defense=20
Council.&nbsp; I can send a version with footnotes and links to the web =
pages to=20
anyone who would like to have it.</DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></P>
<UL style=3D"MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=3Ddisc>
  <LI class=3DMsoNormal=20
  style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: =
list .5in"><SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Less =
than 8=20
  percent of </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: =
bold">Canada</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">'s =
boreal=20
  forest is protected.</SPAN><SPAN style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>The=20
  </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">United=20
  States</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> is the destination for nearly 80 =
percent=20
  of </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">Canada</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">'s forest products, including =
lumber,=20
  toilet paper, catalog paper and newsprint.</SPAN>=20
  <LI class=3DMsoNormal=20
  style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: =
list .5in"><SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">In 2001, nearly 17 <B=20
  style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">billion</B> catalogs were sent =
to=20
  consumers in the </SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">U.S.</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region>=20

  <LI class=3DMsoNormal=20
  style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: =
list .5in">One-third=20
  of logging in the=20
  <st1:country-region><st1:place>U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> =
is for=20
  paper.=20
  <LI class=3DMsoNormal=20
  style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: =
list .5in">In=20
  the southeastern=20
  <st1:country-region><st1:place>U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>, =
1.2=20
  million acres of forest are clearcut for paper every year.=20
  <LI class=3DMsoNormal=20
  style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: =
list .5in">For=20
  the manufacture of paper, mature, biodiverse forests are clearcut and =
replaced=20
  with biologically impoverished pine plantations or left to regenerate =
with=20
  shade-intolerant species.=20
  <LI class=3DMsoNormal=20
  style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: =
list .5in">Paper=20
  manufacturing is a major source of mercury, lead, and dioxin =
pollution, and is=20
  the largest consumer of freshwater on earth.=20
  <LI class=3DMsoNormal=20
  style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: =
list .5in">Paper=20
  manufacturing is the third largest source in the=20
  <st1:country-region><st1:place>U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> =
of=20
  greenhouse gases, and the amount of greenhouse gas produced is =
expected to=20
  double by 2020.=20
  <LI class=3DMsoNormal=20
  style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: =
list .5in">When=20
  paper decomposes in a landfill, it creates methane, a greenhouse gas =
with 21=20
  times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide.</LI></UL>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Some things you can =
do to reduce=20
paper consumption and logging for paper:</P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></P>
<UL style=3D"MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type=3Ddisc>
  <LI class=3DMsoNormal=20
  style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: =
list .5in">Get=20
  off the mailing lists for catalogs and other direct marketing=20
  solicitations.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>See <A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.eurekarecycling.org/PDFS/Reduce_Junk_Mail_Kit.pdf">htt=
p://www.eurekarecycling.org/PDFS/Reduce_Junk_Mail_Kit.pdf</A>=20
  for instructions and phone numbers to call to get off of mailing =
lists.<SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Those who don't have =
internet access=20
  can call <st1:City><st1:place>Eureka</st1:place></st1:City> at =
651-222-7678,=20
  and ask them to send a junk mail reduction kit.=20
  <LI class=3DMsoNormal=20
  style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: =
list .5in">Recycle=20
  all of your paper and cardboard.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes">&nbsp;=20
  </SPAN>If you live in <st1:City><st1:place>St. =
Paul</st1:place></st1:City>,=20
  you have weekly curb-side pickup by Eureka Recycling.<SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Call=20
  <st1:City><st1:place>Eureka</st1:place></st1:City> or check=20
  eurekarecycling.org to find out your pick-up day.<SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>If you don't live in=20
  <st1:City><st1:place>St. Paul</st1:place></st1:City>, check with your =
local=20
  government for recycling opportunities.<o:p></o:p>=20
  <LI class=3DMsoNormal=20
  style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: =
list .5in">Use=20
  products made from recycled paper, preferably 100% post-consumer=20
  recycled.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>The products =
are=20
  available=97everything from office paper to paper towels, Kleenex-type =
tissues,=20
  and toilet paper.</LI></UL>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p>Julian =
Sellers</o:p></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p>St. =
Paul</o:p></P>
<DIV style=3D"mso-element: endnote-list">
<DIV id=3Dedn9 style=3D"mso-element: endnote">
<P class=3DMsoEndnoteText style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A=20
href=3D"http://www.environmentaldefense.org/documents/2602_qarecycledpape=
r.pdf"><FONT=20
size=3D2></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>

------=_NextPart_000_0028_01C633DE.344F0CF0--
Previous message: [mou] Reducing Paper Consumption
Next message: [mou] Reducing Paper Consumption
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]