Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Grays Harbor Paper

One interesting man's vision of a sustainable community, revolving around a paper factory:

http://www.greenbiz.com/news/reviews_third.cfm?NewsID=36519

Also some interesting facts on paper, for example:

According to the EPN's State of the Paper Industry report published in early 2007, paper accounts for 25 percent of landfill waste, the largest single component. It's also a significant contributor to climate change. Forty-two percent of the industrial wood harvest goes to make paper. Nine percent of total manufacturing carbon dioxide emissions come from pulp and paper manufacturing, with the majority stemming from the energy production needed to power pulp and paper mills.

"We don't think about paper, we don't think about printing -- it's about 6 percent of our GDP," said Don Carli, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Communications.


Think about that the next time you print one of my blog posts.

1 comment:

Blogger said...

FYI: I print all of your blog posts on 11 x 17.