Sustainability of Paper — Here Today, Here Tomorrow

Paper usage is a ready target because it calls to mind images of clear-cut forests and overflowing garbage barges or trucks destined for a dwindling number of landfill sites.

Some years ago, recycling efforts—both in terms of using stocks with recovered fibers and capturing printed materials from the waste stream—were launched with great enthusiasm, but they have since struggled in the face of budgetary constraints. Recovery of waste fiber generated within a printing plant has been the exception, since it's easier to capture and reuse.