Top Eco-Friendly Paper Brands

The Environmental Defense Fund estimates that if every catalog publisher in America switched to just 10% recycled-content paper it would save enough wood to stretch a 1.8-meter-high fence across the U.S. seven times.

In recent years, many paper companies have started to realize the environmental impact of producing paper from virgin forests, and a few have added products that utilize more recycled content, avoid bleaching and incorporate fibers from sustainably managed forests.

Green Field Paper Company's Gilroy Garlic paper

New Leaf Paper — New Leaf Paper was the first to market with 100% post-consumer papers of unparalleled brightness and printing specifications, including the first-ever 100% post-consumer recycled coated papers, book-publishing papers and more. New Leaf offers coated, uncoated, digital, board and reply stock, all with high levels of post-consumer paper, and has saved more than 3 million trees and 1 billion gallons of water in the process.

Boise Aspen Recycled Papers — The Boise brand offers printer paper users several different eco-friendly choices, including 30%, 50% and 100% post-consumer content. These multipurpose papers are engineered for everyday use in office equipment, and their performance in everything from fax machines to high-speed copiers has been proven through third-party testing.

Green Field Paper Company — Individuals usually don’t use more than a ream or two of office paper each year, but what about greeting cards, stationary and gift wrap? Green Field Paper has been hand crafting its specialty tree-free paper products one sheet at a time since 1992. Some of the company’s most popular products include machine-made Hemp Heritage paper manufactured in New England, Grow A Note seed-embedded plantable paper, 100% Junk Mail paper, Gilroy garlic paper (infused with garlic skins for an elegant look) and Java paper made with coffee chaff.

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