"Microsoft is switching to 100 percent post-consumer recycled printing paper at its headquarters and other offices, the company has announced.
Washington-based Grays Harbor Paper will begin supplying Microsoft with the paper at all its Puget Sound facilities, including its Redmond, Wash., headquarters, beginning this Friday. The initiative will expand to all of Microsoft’s U.S. operations over about three months.
The 100 percent recycled paper will replace Microsoft’s current printing stock, made with 30 percent recycled materials. Office supply provider Staples Advantage will fulfil the orders, starting with about 1,340 cartons a month for the Puget Sound facilities, expanding by approximately 426 cartons per month when all of Microsoft’s U.S. operations are included.
The IT giant expects the switch to save about 2,500 million BTUs of energy a year, the equivalent of 750 million pounds of carbon dioxide, and to preserve about 8,000 trees annually. Grays Harbor also expects that it will reduce solid waste by eight garbage truck-loads, and wastewater by the equivalent of five Olympic-sized swimming pools."
This is a fantastic development. Up till now, most companies, including ours, have been limited to 30% recycled paper because of the breakdown of the paper, in certain applications, beyond 30% recycled content. We will move quickly to see if we can switch as well (coincidentally, we use Staples on a national level as well).
I will report back on if we can switch and how well the fully recycled paper performs.
Washington-based Grays Harbor Paper will begin supplying Microsoft with the paper at all its Puget Sound facilities, including its Redmond, Wash., headquarters, beginning this Friday. The initiative will expand to all of Microsoft’s U.S. operations over about three months.
The 100 percent recycled paper will replace Microsoft’s current printing stock, made with 30 percent recycled materials. Office supply provider Staples Advantage will fulfil the orders, starting with about 1,340 cartons a month for the Puget Sound facilities, expanding by approximately 426 cartons per month when all of Microsoft’s U.S. operations are included.
The IT giant expects the switch to save about 2,500 million BTUs of energy a year, the equivalent of 750 million pounds of carbon dioxide, and to preserve about 8,000 trees annually. Grays Harbor also expects that it will reduce solid waste by eight garbage truck-loads, and wastewater by the equivalent of five Olympic-sized swimming pools."
This is a fantastic development. Up till now, most companies, including ours, have been limited to 30% recycled paper because of the breakdown of the paper, in certain applications, beyond 30% recycled content. We will move quickly to see if we can switch as well (coincidentally, we use Staples on a national level as well).
I will report back on if we can switch and how well the fully recycled paper performs.
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