The new Strathmore products available in New Zealand have outstanding environmental credentials over and above the wind power aspect, BJBall Papers says.
Both the new Script White and Cream White are manufactured from 100 per cent FSC certified post-consumer waste and are certified by Green Seal for environmental responsibility.
The new 99-bright Platinum White, like the existing Ultimate White, contains 25 per cent cotton content in the 90gsm weight, and is manufactured using Elemental Chorine Free (ECF) fibre.
Mohawk Fine Papers is manufacturing its recently expanded Strathmore range using wind-generated electricity. This is certified by Green-e, the leading US independent certification and verification programme for renewable energy products.
Over its whole product range, Mohawk's annual wind power purchases are the equivalent of 45 million kilowatt hours, the total generated by 11 wind turbines. The emission reduction benefits are equal to 89.4 million miles NOT driven each year or planting a 10,000 acre forest.
Paper mills are traditionally large consumers of electric power, often generated by the burning of fossil fuels with subsequent emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas which is a leading cause of climate change.
However, we are now starting to see papers manufactured using renewable, non-polluting wind power.
Environmentally aware customers whose initial focus was more on the recycled aspect of paper manufacturing, are beginning to demand that mills tackle emission reduction seriously.
