The Debate: Using Recycled Paper in Catalogs

Definitions

Paper labeled “recycled” may contain a combination of virgin, preconsumer and postconsumer fiber.

Preconsumer material is collected as trims and scraps left over from paper manufacturing. It never serves its intended end use (e.g., catalogs, office memos), and is never in danger of going to a landfill; it simply goes back into the mill’s pulp supply.