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4.21.2006 ET
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Mohawk Helps Save the Planet One Planet at a Time
(CSRwire) Huh? Help save the planet by making copies? You have got to be
kidding, right?
Consider this: If 500,000 people printed their copies on recycled paper
for one year (10 copies per week), the environmental savings is equivalent
to:
368,488 trees not cut down
16,606,711 lbs. of solid waste not generated
32,455,606 lbs. of atmospheric emissions eliminated
212,111,926,005 BTUs of energy not consumed
And if that paper is recycled AND made with windpower:
4,587,220 lbs. of air emissions is not generated (including carbon
dioxide and sulphur)
In other words, this amount of wind energy is equivalent to:
Planting 310,547 trees
And taking 409 cars off of the road for a year
According to the U.S. Census, 500,000 people represents about 1% of the
U.S. population, and a mere decimal point of the population in developed
nations. Imagine the savings if one half-million people switched to
recycled paper made with windpower for two years. Five years. Ten years.
Printing on recycled paper for that time is the equivalent of replenishing
our forests with over three million trees.
Obviously, if one billion people in the world stopped driving, switched to
solar energy and stopped making copies altogether, greenhouse emissions
would plummet. But let's be realistic: that is not going to happen. Yet
each of us makes a substantive impact on the environment, helping to
reduce the carbon footprint, by making a more thoughtful selection of the
paper we choose. Looking for a paper with recycled content is a start.
Selecting a paper that is also manufactured with non-polluting energy is
even better for our planet. Look for "windpower" on the label of the
paper you purchase.
There is only one copy paper that meets those criteria in the U.S. Mohawk
Color Copy 100% PCW. For a list of retailers, contact Mohawk at 1-800 the
mill.
Mohawk Fine Papers is the only paper mill in the country to make 100% PCW
(postconsumer waste) premium copy paper with non-polluting windpower. In
fact, Mohawk is the only paper mill in the country to make its papers with
windpower. Mohawk currently purchases 45 million kWh of windpower, which
is equal to the amount of energy used to power approximately 5,000 average
U.S. homes per year.
Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. is the largest manufacturer of premium printing,
writing and imaging papers in the country. Flagship grades include
Strathmore®, Mohawk Superfine™, Beckett®, BriteHue®, Via®, Mohawk
Color Copy® and patented Inxwell® products, Navajo® and Options®.
Mohawk engineers its papers to provide optimal performance for sheetfed,
web and digital printing. Mohawk papers are used in a wide variety of
communications including prestigious annual reports, corporate identity
systems, high-end brochures, packaging and everyday communication for
businesses of all sizes and types. A leader in environmental stewardship,
Mohawk is the first large-scale production facility in the U.S. to use
non-polluting wind energy to manufacture paper. Many of Mohawk's recycled
products are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council [FSC] and/or Green
Seal.
For more information, please visit www.mohawkpaper.com or call 1-800
the mill.
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