Chlorine Free Paper for Cleaner Rivers and Lakes
 Clean water is precious, and we all stand to benefit by making choices with positive impact on our water quality. Knowledge is power.
Chlorine free paper manufacturing is very common today, and most paper mills now protect water quality through a variety of chlorine free manufacturing processes. The purpose of chlorine in the papermaking process is to brighten pulp, resulting in brighter, whiter paper. Today, better and cleaner technologies exist which bring the same or better results without adding chlorine to our watersheds. This is another example of how the paper industry as a whole continues to move forward in lessening its impact on water quality and the overall environment.
All
of our paper is chlorine free
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Three main chlorine free whitening processes commonly used:
Totally Chlorine Free Paper (TCF) is accomplished by completely removing chlorine from the bleaching process. TCF paper is whitened without chlorine bleach and with processes including oxygen, peroxide and ozone bleaching systems. The term TCF cannot be associated with recycled paper because it is impossible to know if the recycled fibers used are TCF or not.
Process Chlorine Free Paper (PCF) is accomplished by removing chlorine from the secondary whitening process. What this means is that a paper labeled PCF has not had any chlorine added during manufacturing, but because this paper may have recycled content, which cannot be verified as TCF, it is therefore labeled as PCF.
Elemental Chlorine Free Paper (ECF) is accomplished by whitening free of “elemental chlorine” which is considered the bad guy of chlorine. However, other chlorine compounds may be used in this process. When an ECF process is combined with recycled fibers, with unknown chlorine values, the origin and amount of chlorine in the ECF paper in unknown. However, it is important to note that removing elemental chlorine reduces dioxins and improves water quality.
By being aware of the choices you have and by educating yourself, you can use your consumer power to shape the path forward and protect our most precious resource, the earth.
We supply comprehensive and easy to understand eco logo usage guidelines to
help
support
and
encourage
eco-friendly
paper
choices
and
green
design.
When you order from us, we will send out your paper and envelopes in our specially designed, double-walled, 50% recycled fiber brown shipping boxes. Your
order
will
be pulled and packed from a building (and company) powered by 100% renewable wind-powered energy, and the carbon emissions created from our outbound shipping will be 100% offset.
 100%
of
the
carbon
produced
from
our
outbound
shipping
is
offset.
 We
use
100%
wind
power
throughout
our
company.
We
purchase
renewable
energy
credits
in
the
form
of
wind
power
for
100%
of
our
electricity
usage
to
help
reduce
greenhouse
gasses
and
to
better
protect
the
environment.
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