Comments on: Paper Buyers Guide http://futuremakers.com.au/paper-buyers-guide/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:58:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Rosalind http://futuremakers.com.au/paper-buyers-guide/#comment-10753 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:09:24 +0000 http://futuremakers.com.au/paper-buyers-guide/#comment-10753 I had no idea about the increased costs and environment impacts of paper depending on its weight. Thanks Jana! I had no idea about the increased costs and environment impacts of paper depending on its weight. Thanks Jana!

]]> by: Mariska http://futuremakers.com.au/paper-buyers-guide/#comment-10225 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:50:14 +0000 http://futuremakers.com.au/paper-buyers-guide/#comment-10225 Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW) 2004 has published two guides in the use of recycled paper for office purposes. this includes where to buy it, who produces what and how the paper measures up in terms of recycled content, bleaching, performance and other issues. One is called "A Guide to Purchasing Recycled Content Paper for Corporate Stationery & Promotional Materials". It should still be available on the internet, if not let me know and I can forward it to you. It will certainly answer all your questions! Good luck with it. Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW) 2004 has published two guides in the use of recycled paper for office purposes. this includes where to buy it, who produces what and how the paper measures up in terms of recycled content, bleaching, performance and other issues.
One is called “A Guide to Purchasing Recycled Content Paper for Corporate Stationery & Promotional Materials”.
It should still be available on the internet, if not let me know and I can forward it to you.

It will certainly answer all your questions! Good luck with it.

]]> by: Ros http://futuremakers.com.au/paper-buyers-guide/#comment-10167 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:51:12 +0000 http://futuremakers.com.au/paper-buyers-guide/#comment-10167 Good info, thanks, and I agree with Regina - please get rid of 'the future is man made' tag line. I understand the sentiment and why it sounds pithy as we used to talk about 'man-made fibres' etc, but that time has passed. Good info, thanks, and I agree with Regina - please get rid of ‘the future is man made’ tag line. I understand the sentiment and why it sounds pithy as we used to talk about ‘man-made fibres’ etc, but that time has passed.

]]> by: Regina http://futuremakers.com.au/paper-buyers-guide/#comment-10112 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:37:17 +0000 http://futuremakers.com.au/paper-buyers-guide/#comment-10112 Thank you for the above tips. I have added to my e-mail disclaimers the following phrase and a hyperlink to this page: "Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Help save the planet. Click here for tips and tools." Hopefully my friends will read the disclaimer and at least be curious about it. On another note, I would like to suggest that the campaing title "The Future is man made" be changed to a more inclusive one in which all genders are represented. For example: "The Future is made by us", "The future is human made", etc. Just my two cents... Thank you for the above tips. I have added to my e-mail disclaimers the following phrase and a hyperlink to this page: “Please don’t print this e-mail unless you really need to. Help save the planet. Click here for tips and tools.” Hopefully my friends will read the disclaimer and at least be curious about it.

On another note, I would like to suggest that the campaing title “The Future is man made” be changed to a more inclusive one in which all genders are represented. For example: “The Future is made by us”, “The future is human made”, etc. Just my two cents…

]]> by: Daniel Kennedy http://futuremakers.com.au/paper-buyers-guide/#comment-10111 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:45:11 +0000 http://futuremakers.com.au/paper-buyers-guide/#comment-10111 This is a great article. I am abn advocate of double-sided printing, and 100% recylcled paper. I work for an organisation that is good at putting paper waste into the recycling supply chain, but we could do more in terms of using that supply chain. For eg. we buy 80gsm 70% recycled paper. I would like to go to 70gsm 100% recycled paper. The only place that this article falls short, in describing what we should do, without offering some practical tips on how to do it. Who sells 70gsm paper, who sells 100% recycled paper, who sells 100% recycled 70gsm paper. If anyone reads this article and has an answer to these questions, please let me know on daniel.kennedy@bigfoot.com This is a great article. I am abn advocate of double-sided printing, and 100% recylcled paper. I work for an organisation that is good at putting paper waste into the recycling supply chain, but we could do more in terms of using that supply chain. For eg. we buy 80gsm 70% recycled paper. I would like to go to 70gsm 100% recycled paper.
The only place that this article falls short, in describing what we should do, without offering some practical tips on how to do it. Who sells 70gsm paper, who sells 100% recycled paper, who sells 100% recycled 70gsm paper.
If anyone reads this article and has an answer to these questions, please let me know on daniel.kennedy@bigfoot.com

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