The Debate: Using Recycled Paper in Catalogs

Kim Hoffman, account manager at San Francisco-based recycled-paper provider New Leaf Paper, says this argument, though a favorite of recycled-paper opponents, is disingenuous. “Without using [recycled paper], that ink will go back into the paper, which would go back in the landfill,” she says. “It’s the difference between a one-way system and a closed-loop system.”