|
|
Earth Care Paper’s Accomplishments
- First company in America to retail a full line of recycled paper products
- First company in America to print consumer catalogs on 100 percent recycled paper
- First company in America to produce full color catalogs using soy ink
- First company in America to develop non-plastic natural fiber cellulose packaging for stationery products
- First company in America to produce 100 percent recycled wrapping paper
- First company in America to process over 100,000 orders a year without any plastic packaging
- First company in America to introduce the magazine/catalog “magalog” concept, dedicating over 15% of its catalog space to educational articles
- First company in America to offer a school fundraising program that sells recycled greeting cards (instead of candy)
- First company in America to retail 100% post-consumer recycled paper
- First company in America to retail paper made from kenaf plant fiber
- First company to publish posters and cards of the photograph “Earth from Space”, which is now the most widely published photograph in history
- One of the original signatories of the Valdez / CERES Principles of environmental stewardship
- One of the founding business members of Businesses for Social Responsibility
- The 39th fastest growing private company in America for the five year period ending in 1991 (Inc. Magazine's Inc. 500 list)
- Earth Care Paper was started in a garage in 1983
|
|
|
|
|
