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Buy environmentally preferable office paper
Aspen 100 Office Paper
Boise makes its 20-pound Aspen 100 copy paper out of 100 percent post-consumer recycled content. The acid-free paper is also made without using chlorine or chlorine compounds.Cascades Enviro 100 Copy Paper
This 8 1/2-inch x 11-inch multipurpose paper has it all—it’s made with 100 percent post-consumer recycled fibers and it’s 100 percent processed chlorine-free.Dolphin Blue Ecology Writing Pads
This 5-inch x 8-inch notepad (12 pads to a pack) is made from 35 percent post-consumer recycled content. Wide-ruled on both sides of the sheet.Hammerhill Great White™ Multipurpose Copy Paper
This 20-pound copy paper contains 30 percent post-consumer recycled content. It's also elemental chlorine-free. That means while the manufacturer doesn’t use elemental chlorine to bleach it, chlorine derivatives are used, which can be harmful to humans and wildlife.Mohawk Fine Papers Recycled Paper
This copy paper with digital imaging surface is made from all post-consumer waste and is FSC-certified. The paper is also made a la wind-generated electricity.New Leaf Encore 100 Paper
New Leaf Encore 100 copy paper makes the grade by being 100 percent post-consumer waste recycled, as well as processed chlorine-free.Office Depot® Green™ 100% Recycled EnviroCopy™
Office Depot’s green brand of 8 1/2-inch x 11-inch copy paper uses no new trees, it’s made from 100 percent post-consumer recycled content and is FSC-certified. It’s also bleached processed chlorine-free.Staples® 100% Recycled Copy Paper
This Staples brand copy paper is processed without using chlorine or chlorine compounds and is made with 100 percent post-consumer content. The paper is FSC-certified and endorsed by the Rainforest Alliance.Strathmore Script 100% Recycled Business Stationery
This FSC-certified and Green Seal-certified, 8 1/2-inch x 11-inch business stationery is made with renewable wind-generated electricity. The contents come from 100 percent post-consumer material.
Print on both sides of the paper
Brother HL-4070cdw Color Laser Printer
This affordable color laser printer features built-in duplexing for two-sided printing and a wireless network interface.Brother HL-5250DN Network Ready Laser Printer
This monochrome laser printer features built-in duplexing for two-sided printing and is ideal for small connected workgroups.Canon imageCLASS MF4150 Laser Duplex P/s/c/f 21PPM Adf
The built-in duplexing option allows users to laser print, copy, and fax two-sided documents. It's also ENERGY STAR-qualified.HP Color LaserJet 3700dtn Network Printer
This laser jet prints 16 color pages per minute, has built-in duplexing, and three input trays, making it ideal for both small and big jobs.Okidata Duplex Unit C5500N Printer
Boasts 20 full-color and 24 black pages per minute and allows for built-in duplexing with the additional purchase of the Okidata Duplex Unit.Xerox Phaser 3500DN Laser Printer
With print speeds of up to 35 ppm and duplexing, this unit is ideal for fast-moving businesses concerned with saving trees and money.
Read electronically to go paperless
Apple iPhone
With loads of creative functionality, this is a new favorite for many techno-enthusiasts. You can read books, check email, and much more with one of these fun gadgets.HP iPAQ 111 Classic Handheld
Read e-books, catch up on emails, proofread Word documents, or compose your next great book. This pocket PC gives you tremendous abilities to truly go paperless.Kindle wireless reading device
Bid adieu to piles of paperbacks, newspapers, and magazines and say hello to Kindle from Amazon.com. This innovative e-book reader gives you easy access to over 110,000 books, magazines, and newspapers (auto-delivered automatically) in one compact gadget.Sony Reader Digital Book PRS-505
The Sony Reader, a sleek (more compact than most paperbacks) e-book reader can "turn" over 7,500 pages with one single battery charge.
Hire an organization to get your name off mailing lists
Catalog Choice
Catalog Choice is a free service that lets you decline catalogs you don't want. It claims that 19 billion catalogs are sent to Americans annually, which uses 53 million trees and produces 5.2 million tons of carbon dioxide.GreenDimes
For a $20 one-time fee, GreenDimes claims it can stop up to 90 percent of junk mail. Also offers a free service to help you do it yourself.Stop the Junk Mail
Stop the Junk Mail offers a 100 percent guarantee that if you're not completely satisfied with the job it's done you can request a refund. The service costs less than $20 a year.
Write with a green wood pencil
ForestChoice #2 Pencil
These #2 hexagonal-shaped (to prevent rolling off desks or tables) pencils are made from FSC-certified incense-cedar wood with pink rubber erasers. They come in 12 packs and boxes of 144 with packaging made from recycled paper.ForestChoice Carpenter Pencil
The flat carpenter pencil used in the construction industry and elsewhere allows various line widths for sketching and woodworking needs. Made of FSC-certified incense-cedar, they come in a 12-pack with packaging made from recycled paper.ForestChoice Colored Pencils
This 12-pack of ForestChoice colored pencils is made of FSC-certified incense-cedar wood in the most popular colors. The packaging is made from recycled paper.Green Apple Recycled #2 Pencils
These cedar #2 pencils are made of wood scraps from the pencil-making process. They come in an ergonomic, triangular shape with no color lacquer on them. They’re sold in boxes of ten.Twig Pencil
This pencil is made using a real FSC-certified twig. You can also get a jumbo-sized twig pencil that’s 10 inches long by 1 inch thick with extra-thick lead.
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