Paper Myth #3 – Making Paper Consumes a lot of Energy and Fossil Fuels

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Paper, kind of like Buffalo, NY, often gets a bad rap.  It is no secret that paper production consumes energy, but how does it compare to other industries for which we rely on daily?  The chart below illustrates electricity use by industry from 2006.  In 2011, servers and data centers are projected to use 107 billion kWh*  These numbers are not even accounting for the energy it takes to read this email on PCs, MacBooks, smart phones and iPads.        *U.S. Dept of Energy

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At CPC Solutions, about 85% of our paper is purchased from Sappi’s mill in Cloquet, MN.  Sappi’s paper is made with 100% Green-e renewable electricity.  To find out more than you probably want to know about carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates (RECs), click the Green-e logo below.

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