Postcard Pros - Recycles!
Postcard Pros sees the need and value in recycling the paper we process daily. Recycling serves many purposes from stretching our forest resources to controlling waste disposal problems. *“For every ton of paper recovered about 3 cubic yards of landfill space are saved. Worldwide over 95 million metric tons are recovered every year. The United States is the world’s leading paper recycler, thanks to all of our commitment to recycling.”
*TAPPI – The Leading Technical Association for the Worldwide Pulp, Paper Industry
We, at Postcard Pros believe that it’s our duty to contribute to the recycling efforts with over 200,000+ pounds of paper equating to 100 tons of paper or in "tree-terms" that equals 1,700+ trees saved per year. Postcard Pros is taking an active part in solving our deforestation issues by helping to save our forests.
We use direct mail postcards as a cost-effective solution to promoting our customer’s business and Postcard Pros urges every business owner to take an active role in saving our forest resources. We can all make a difference…
• Making new paper from old paper uses 30% to 55% less energy than making paper from trees and reduces related air pollution by 95%.
• Each day American businesses generate enough paper to circle the globe at least 40 times!
• 77% of paper waste generated in offices is recyclable.
• Typical business offices generate about 1.5 pounds of waste paper per employee each day.
• Nearly half of typical office paper waste is high grade office paper.
• Recycling one ton of paper typically saves about 6.7 cubic yards of landfill space. A cubic yard of stacked office paper weighs about 380 pounds. Cost savings may be estimated by multiplying the tons recycled by 6.7 times the cost per cubic yard for waste disposal (if by volume) of by cost per ton (if by weight).
• Commercial and residential paper waste accounts for more than 40% of waste going to the landfill. Eliminating this paper from our waste would nearly double the lives of current landfills.
• Newspaper is recycled into newspaper, game boards, egg cartons, gift boxes, animal bedding, insulation, and packaging material.
• Office paper is recycled into office paper, tissue paper, paper towels, and toilet paper.
• Corrugated cardboard is recycled into new cardboard and cereal boxes.
Resources Saved Per Ton of Paper Recycled
• 17 trees
• 275 pounds of sulphur
• 350 lbs of limestone
• 9,000 lbs of steam
• 60,000 gal of water
• 225 kilowatt hours
• 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space
Source: The Public Recycling Officials of Pennsylvania, Developing a Waste Reduction and Recycling Program for Commercial, Industrial and Municipal Establishments.
