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The article focuses on the use of recycled-content and other environmentally preferable papers by the U.S. government. Ever since a government employee in China invented paper almost 2,000 years ago, governments have been using paper as the primary means to explain government policies. What more and more governments are beginning to realize, however, is that the paper itself also says a lot about a government's policies. Buying recycled-content, process-chlorine free paper, that was not made with trees from endangered forests, for example, is increasingly viewed as an important indicator of the value a government agency or private-sector company places on protecting human health and reducing related environmental impacts. INSETS: Spending Federal Dollars on Paper?;Important Distinctions;Innovative Contract Language.

Forecasts the sales performance of several recyclables in the U.S. in 2005. Paper; Steel; Plastics.

The article reports that suppliers and retailers in the U.S. are eliminating extended-roll paper products. According to the 2008 Household Paper Products report from Mintel, Chicago, major manufacturers have offered numerous innovations during the last two years,which includes extra-soft variants, sheets with more frequent perforations and, notably, more sheets per roll. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is working with suppliers to develop even more extended-roll products. INSETS: NATURALLY BETTER;PAPER TOWEL TAKEOVER.

The article reports the increase in paper and paperboard waste recovery in the U.S. in 2005. "We are recovering more paper than ever before even though the amount of paper used in the U.S. has declined," says Stan Lancey, economist for the Washington-based American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), which compiled the annual statistics. Lancey attributes part of the decline in consumption to "electronic displacement," particularly with newsprint. On the recovery side, the largest increases came in old corrugated cardboard and mixed paper. In general, 86 percent of the population currently has access to some form of paper or paperboard recycling program, and 69 percent of communities have such programs in place, according to the 2005 AF&PA Community Survey.

The article discusses the lack of housing assistance in the U.S. and the high amount of papers used and stored in offices during the 1980s. In 1988, city leaders were facing the challenge of providing social services, with housing as a major problem, according to William Davis, then president of the National League of Cities. That year, about 1.3 trillion documents were stored in U.S. offices which was negatively affecting cities by driving up storage costs.

The article reports on the introduction of a redesigned customer bill by FirstEnergy to the customers in several U.S. states including Denver and New York. It states that the bill offers more streamlined information about account and lessens the use of paper. According to the author, customers will get new account numbers which will enable them to monitor their account online.

The article reports on the seven percent increase in U.S. recovered paper consumption in 2010 compared in 2009, according to the data from the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA). AF&PA says that 31.3 million tons of recovered paper were used by the U.S. paper industry in 2010. AF&PA adds that in November 2010, the recovered paper exported by the U.S. was one percent less than in October 2010.

The article reports on the data from American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) which found that the recovered paper consumption by the U.S. businesses in November 2010 has dropped by 6%.

The article reports on figures from the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) which state that U.S. industries consumed 2.6 million tons of recovered paper in June 2010.

The article reports on the consumption of recovered paper by U.S. industries in May 2010, according to the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA).

The author comments on efforts to reduce the amount of paper used in the U.S. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), paper makes up slightly more than a third of the total volume of trash generated in the country. Paper is easily the most important material for a recycling program. Plastic bags have practically replaced paper bags, and newspapers are available online. Per capita paper consumption is declining.

The article reports that the recovered paper markets declined substantially in the second half of 2005 and the start of 2006. Despite that the old corrugated cardboad (OCC) prices have weakened the most in the last six months, the downward trend for OCC appears to be near its end. For the last five years mixed paper has sold for more than 50 percent of the price of OCC. With its average price above that of OCC, old newspaper has shown phenomenal market strength for more than three years. Also, with mill shutdowns and curtailments becoming the norm, the U.S. and Canadian newsprint market is very weak. Moreover, sorted office papers have decline in price for almost two years.

Comments on the expansion of recyclables market as of April 2005. Reliance of China on paper pulps of other countries; Impact of an increase in recycling prices on local governments and U.S. paper mills; Information on the glass recycling venture of a glass bottle firm in the U.S. in 1980s.

Investigates whether the U.S. recycling business is experiencing a crisis in the supply of recyclable paper as of March 2005. Paper products that are unrecyclable; Percentage of paper products which are unrecyclable; Recycling rate of paper products; Ways to increase the recycling rate of paper products.

Provides information on commercial products endorsed by the U.S. government as of January 2005. Mower models included in the line of Snapper Products' Snapper Pro FastBack; Kinds of pipe working hand tools included in the package of Ridge Tool Co.; Characteristics of MagnaPlan's printer paper sheets.