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Show ( THANK YOU FOR ASSEMBLING THE VOTER) JANUARY Betty Madsen, Julie Bryant and Kay Brim order company that sells a wide selection of recycled paper for home and business use. Earth Care Paper, Inc. offers recycled stationary, cards, wrapping paper, photocopy, computer, and printing papers. Their wide product selection provides consumers with the opportunity to choose the environmentally sound alternative of recycled paper. A free catalog of Earth Care's products is available by writing: Earth Care Paper, Inc., P.O. Box 3335, Dept. 394, Madison, WI 53704, or phone (608)256-5522 (be sure to Dorothy Croft and Pat Eager use the department code). In addition to helping the environment by using recycled paper, you will also be contributing to the League. Earth Care will pay us a percentage of - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - t h e sales generated by our members and contacts. FEBRUARY HELP THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE LEAGUE You can't lose! Order your catalog today. - Sheryl Gillilan While much information has been brought to our attention abou the necessity and benefits of recycling, information about the need to purchase recycled products has been scarce. The issue is simple business economics: recycled materials are not worth anything unless they can be sold to a manufacturer and transformed into a useful product which the public will buy. If recycled materials cannot be sold, they become separated garbage and may actually end up in a landfil,I all neatly divided but unused This half of the recycling story is commonly referred to as market development -- i.e., establis~ing a network of reliable markets for materials that are separated and collected for recycling. It is of great concern to private recycling companies, and is becoming a big issue for municipalities which have mandatory recycling programs. For example, in the eastern U.S., so many cities mandated recycling that they flooded the market with newspaper that manufacturers could not absorb. Consequently, the price of old newspaper plummeted, and in some cases recycling companies began charging customers to take newspaper off their hands. P.S. Good News! The legislature just passed a bill sponsored by Beverly White that will require the purchase of a percentage of recycled paper by public procurement units in Utah. BUY RECYCLED PAPER Earth Care Paper, Inc. offers a free catalog of products made from recycled paper. Featured are stationary, notecards, wrapping, computer, and photocopy paper. Buying recycled paper reduces waste, saves trees, and promotes a sustainable society. A portion of the proceeds will be returned to: League of Women Voters of Salt Lake ------------------------------cut---------------------------Please send a free Earth Care Paper Catalog to: Name:._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Part of the problem with recycled paper market development is lack of consumer demand for the products. Often perceived as being lower grade, recycled paper is actually equal in quality to virgin paper. Gone are the days of brown paper bag paper; recycled paper is available in all qualities and cannot really be distinguished from virgin paper. Also, making recycled paper is significantly less hard on the environment. For example, air pollution is 74% less and water pollution is reduced by 35% compared to virgin paper production. Address: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ City:, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ State:_ _ Zip: _ __ Mail to: EARTH CARE PAPER, INC. P.O. BOX 3335, DEPT 394 MADISON, WI 53704 (608) 256-5522 Locating products made from recycled material is sometimes difficult. One good source is a Wisconsin-based mail Salt Lake Voter -3- March 1990 |
