Design 127: Environmental Consciousness

1. Euraba Paper Co.

– The company uses the cotton fibers cut offs from clothing to make their paper.  These pieces are usually discarded to the landfill.  The company collects these fiber cut-off pieces and put them through the paper making process.  Their company offers stationary sets, artists’ paper, paper packs, and art cards.-        

website: http://eurabapaper.com.au/paper_making_process.php 

2. Living Tree Paper Co.

– This company uses non-wood fibers, flax-straw and hemp, and post consumer waste to make their papers.  They offer uncoated and coated printing & writing paper. -         Website: http://www.livingtreepaper.com/index.html 

3. Wausau Paper Co.

–This company produces beautifully colored paper. 80% of their papers are produced with at least 30% of post-consumer waste.       

Website: http://www.wausaupapers.com/about/envCommitment.aspx 

4. New Leaf Paper Co.

–This company makes their paper products out of post-consumer waste, agricultural by-product, de-inked post consumer, sustainable harvest fiber including non-wood fibers such as hemp and kenaf.  They process their paper without using chlorine so it doesn’t pollute the enviornment like other paper printing processes.        

Website: http://newleafpaper.com/ecopaper.html 

5. Eco-products

–This company offer paper supplies such as paper plates which are made out of 99.9% of recycled paper and completely biodegradable and compostable.  They also offer paper towels and napkins that are made of 100%recycled paper.-         Website: http://www.ecoproducts.com/Home/home_paper_products/home_index_paper_products.htm

http://walmartstores.com/GlobalWMStoresWeb/navigate.do?catg=679

Wal*Mart stores has introduced corned-based clothing hangers to their customers.  These hangers are durable yet they are made with biodegradable materials which makes it more enviornmentally-friendly than the classic plastic hangers.  These corned-based clothing hangers appear to be almost identical to the plastic hangers, but they do not contribute to destroying our home.  I like the fact that Wal*Mart stores are stepping up to the plate and making a enviornmental difference in the world.  Everytime a consumer purchases this simple biodegradable hanger, they are somehow decreasing the amount of plastic hangers being made.  The Walmart corporation is sending a positive message across the nation so hopefully more consumers will switch to corned-based clothing hangers.