What do you get when you combine paper, passion and a love for the planet? A papertarian. That’s why we joined forces with someone who’s already walking the walk. You know her as a comic, but now you’ll know her as a papertarian.
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Show Your Love for Forests with Paper
Show Your Love for Forests with Paper
Forests need us as much as we need them, not only for the oxygen trees produce but also for activities like yoga, hiking and forest bathing. That's why sustainability is the backbone of the paper industry.
Up Your Recycling Game
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Up Your Recycling Game
Recycling isn't rocket science, but you can still make it a blast. Get creative with building your own at-home recycling center, and take the guesswork out of recycling by learning the do's and don'ts of what goes in the bin.
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Faces of the Forest
Over half of America's forestland belongs to families and individual landowners, and it's up to them to look after some of our most precious resources. Meet the faces of the forest.
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Your Online Shopping Habit? It’s Fueling Healthy Forests
From 1990 to 2020, U.S. forest area has increased by 18 million acres to about 765 million acres. The stability of the country’s forests is largely a result of the sustainable practices of the paper and wood products industry.
Unwrap Your Favorite Summer Snacks in Paper Packaging
Along with the lush and green landscape of summer comes picnics, social outings and the latest in innovative packaging in paper and cardboard. Here are just some of the advances manufacturers and companies are making in order to give consumers more conscious choices for the benefit of Mother Earth.
Take the pledge
Take the papertarian pledge, print it out and remember the promise you made to yourself and the planet.
Papertarian. Make the Smart Lifestyle Choice
Whether you're reading a magazine, handwriting a list or buying beauty products in paper containers, you're making a papertarian choice. Which benefits you and the planet.
Healthy Forests Create Wildlife Habitats
Sustainable forestry creates a mutually supportive relationship between nature and people, through which we help sustain and renew the resources on which we depend.
How Is Paper Made Sustainably?
Every year, we ask our friends and colleagues to take a picture with their favorite tree—or any tree—on Arbor Day. We hope you’ll join us this year, and let us know by using the #TreeSelfies hashtag.
What Can Be Recycled? 3 Keys to Success
Cardboard boxes are one of the most recycled forms of packaging—good thing, too, given how many of them arrive at our doorsteps. Educate yourself about the nuances of waste and what can be recycled.
Choosing Paper for a Healthier Planet
What all papertarians have in common is our love of forests and a desire to take care of them. Choose paper and paper-based packaging for a healthier Earth.
