GLRPPR Sector Resource: Paper Calculator

Title:
Paper Calculator

Abstract:
Environmental Defense's "new and improved" Paper Calculator is a web-based tool that enables companies, communities, schools other organizations to understand and improve their daily paper use. The Paper Calculator provides users with the U.S. average energy and wood consumption and environmental releases of different paper types across their full lifecycle. For each of thirteen major grades of paper and paperboard, it allows the user to compare the environmental impacts of papers made with different levels of recycled content, and to see how using less paper or changing other specifications can reduce environmental impacts. Finally, the Paper Calculator helps users to measure and communicate the environmental benefits of better paper choices.

URL:
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/papercalculator/

Source:
Environmental Defense

Resource Type:
Software/electronic tool

Date of Publication:
November 2005

Associated Sectors:

		Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable Promoting Pollution Prevention Through Information Exchange


GLRPPR is a member of the Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange, a national network of regional information centers: NEWMOA (Northeast), WRRC (Southeast), GLRPPR (Great Lakes), ZeroWasteNet (Southwest), P2RIC (Plains), Peaks to Prairies (Mountain), WSPPN (Pacific Southwest), PPRC (Northwest).