Paper - Uncoated Printing
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30% postconsumer fiber with
no justified exceptions |
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Almost all uncoated printing paper is available with recycled content at a reasonable price. |
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| Availability/Price: |
Almost all uncoated printing
paper is available with recycled content at a reasonable
price. |
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| Performance: |
The White House
stationary is recycled paper, and DOE technical reports
have been published on recycled paper since 1993. Paper
in the copy machines at most DOE sites contains recycled
content. With that in mind, only a rare exception should
occasion the purchase of virgin paper. The minimum amount
of recycled content required for printing and writing papers,
including office paper products, or support services that
include the supply of written documents, is 30% post-consumer
content or 20% post-consumer content IF papers containing
30 percent postconsumer fiber are not reasonably available,
do not meet reasonable performance requirements, or are
only available at an unreasonable price. |
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| Specific Problems: |
Some specialty paper, such
as that for color printers or award certificates, may
appear to not be available with recycled content. However,
they are: |
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- 30% postconsumer, 8.5x11-inch, 24
lb paper can often be used in most color copiers.
Check the copy machine handbook for the paper specifications.
Most recycled paper can be found with the designated
specs.
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- 30% postconsumer, 8.5x11-inch, 28
lb, 96 bright acid free paper by Wausau supplied by
Service Paper Company (Dennis Adams at 800-829-0081).
Presently the Pacific Northwest National Lab is using the paper
in a Xerox 2045 color printer. The cost is $7.51/ream. Wausau
also has a line of recycled content certificate paper.
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- 30% postconsumer, 8.5x11-inch, 20
lb, 88 bright laser paper by Weyerhaeuser.
Order No. 8155, or request from your office product
supplier. Presently the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
(Tom McGeachen at 609-243-2948) is using the paper
in their Xerox Phaser 8400 color printer. The cost
is $6.39/ream, which PPPL purchases by the case (10
reams).
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