Helping Institutions and Businesses Choose the Right Paper

If you are interested in learning how to purchase paper for your home, get tips on our choose the right paper page.

If you are involved in purchasing paper products for your institution or business, there are lots of great website to help!

For a list of vendors to supply many types of paper products, visit Conservatree. Note: This site can be overwhelming if you do not already know about types of paper, although it does explain what types of paper to use for various projects.

Business paper purchasers

• Environmental Defense's Paper Calculator - can compare two or more types of paper
• ForestEthics - developing your environmental policies

Publishers (books, magazines and newspapers)

• Co-op America's Ecopaper Action Site
• Green Press Initiative
• Markets Initiative

Paper Producers
World Wildlife Fund's Paper Toolbox

Printers
Signal Tree

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Reduce the number of catalogs you receive in the mail and go paperless.

See who National Wildlife Federation partners with on paper issues at the Environmental Paper Network website.