Testimonials From Paper Calculator Users

"NRDC has a long history of working with businesses and other organizations to help reduce the environmental impacts of their operations and events, from major corporations to professional sports teams to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

"The Paper Calculator has been extremely helpful to us in this work, by showing these organizations how their paper purchasing decisions can result in concrete environmental benefits."

Darby Hoover, Senior Resource Specialist
Natural Resources Defense Council

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"We use the Paper Calculator to compare papers all the time. It makes the environmental case so clear, and it's easy to profile papers and see big differences between them."

Susan Kinsella, Executive Director
Conservatree

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"We use the Paper Calculator to demonstrate the environmental benefits of using less paper, or converting from virgin paper to post-consumer content paper. Our customers have found the information valuable when determining choices and measuring environmental impacts."

Sue Mills, Director of Environmental Practices
OfficeMax

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"The Paper Calculator is an intelligent, flexible and comprehensive tool which has helped Dell identify and quantify significant internal environmental savings opportunities and assisted the company's green focus.

"The tool also allows us to convey to Dell stakeholders and customers our commitment to the environment by striving to source as much post consumer content as possible.

"We applaud the Environmental Defense Fund for their leadership and guidance in this space."

Tod Arbogast, Director
Dell Sustainable Business

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"The Paper Calculator has been a great tool for Nick Magazine!

"We've used it to share the beneficial environmental impacts of our recycled paper use with our advertisers, and to gain support for more recycled paper use within our group. The savings numbers really resonate with people and drive home the advantages of recycled paper."

Jennifer Alt, Production Manager
Nickelodeon Magazine Group

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"Staples uses the Environmental Defense Fund Paper Calculator as a highly credible tool to help our customers better understand the environmental impacts of efficient use of the paper they purchase.

"The tool is easy to use and provides customers with environmental metrics which are relevant and easy to understand."

Mark Buckley, Vice President of Environmental Affairs
Staples

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"The Paper Calculator has been an instrumental tool at Starbucks, providing us with a consistent, verified, third-party lifecycle assessment of the impacts of our paper buying practices.

"When we introduced the country's first ever post-consumer fiber paper hot cup, our use of the Paper Calculator provided Starbucks with the ability to make valid claims around the environmental benefits of that investment.

"Since then, the Paper Calculator has become our standard tool for vetting the attributes of our sustainability claims around paper procurement."

Jim Hanna, Director of Environmental Affairs
Starbucks Coffee Company

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Posted: 15-Aug-2008; Updated: 02-Sep-2008