The alternative is paper made from sugarcane.

Indoff is proud to introduce the most environmentally friendly copy paper available in the U.S. today:  Canefields Sugarcane Eco Paper!

Canefields Copy Paper is made with bagasse (recycled sugarcane waste fiber), the most eco-friendly renewable resource for paper making.  Canefields paper products contain 80% bagasse fibre and 20% plantation wood fibre.   Using a variety of Australian eucalypt which is fast growing with high yield, small plantations have been established around the mill.   And as technology advances, there is every chance that these plantations will no longer be required.

Canefields paper products are manufactured at an ISO 14001 certified environmental manufacturing facility using a "closed loop water cycle" which ensures that remaining effluent from paper cleaning does not escape into nearby waterways.   The Australian mill has also installed 21.75 MW of capacity in its wind mill farm and is now 100% self sufficient in energy.  Any remaining energy created is supplied to the main grid.   

Consider that using just 2,000 pounds (400 reams) of Canefields Sugarcane Copy paper in place of standard virgin fiber copy paper achieves the following measurable results:

• 17 trees stay in our forests, supplying enough oxygen for 10 people
• 6,000 pounds of wood are not used
• 8,750 gallons of water are saved - that's 250 10-minute showers
• 17 million btu's of electricity are saved, enough to power an American home for 160 days
• 2,200 pounds of greenhouse gases are not emitted - the equivalent of taking a car off the road in the U.S. for 20 weeks
• 460 gallons of oil are saved, reducing our dependence on foreign oil

Canefields Copy Paper is endorsed or recommended by The World Wildlife Fund, Greenpeace, The Wilderness Society, Friends of the Earth, and many other international environmental organizations.  

The best part is this paper is business-friendly too!   Through Indoff's buying power, not only is this copy paper affordable (especially in conjunction with a paper reduction initiative), but your business machines will also experience less dust build-up that comes from tree-based copy paper and will operate longer and more efficiently.  

It's a fact that paper can only be recycled up to 6 times.  Even if you're buying 100% post-consumer recycled paper, it's still coming originally and primarily from trees.   Trees are the largest and most highly developed form of plant life on this planet.  In today's high consumption world, the over-use of trees by mankind has led to serious deforestation problems which, in turn, create further environmental disasters worldwide.  

For a glimpse into the impact the world's paper buying habit is having on our own Southern forests, visit Dogwood Alliance's website to learn more about the importance these forests have on our ecosystem and the pressure the consumption of tree-based paper and packaging continues to exert on these precious resources in our own back yard. 

Your business can make a substantial difference by simply making the decision today to reduce paper consumption in the office and purchase Canefields Sugarcane Eco Paper.