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The Forest Stewardship Council is the only certification system that requires a consensus solution when conflicts arise between logging companies and indigenous communities.

Paper accounts for nearly 40% of the waste stream.

More than 140 publishers, including many of the world's largest, have strong environmental policies.

On average, it is estimated that the U.S. book industry uses less than 10% recycled fiber for its paper.

On average, it is estimated that the U.S. newsprint sector has a 35% recycled fiber use-rate.

Globally, over 40% of the industrial wood harvest is used to make paper.

Deforestation accounts for 25% of human caused C02 emissions.

When the goals set forth in the Book Industry Treatise on Responsible paper use are realized over 5 million trees will be preserved each year.

In 2006, an Opinion Research Corporation poll revealed that 80% of readers are willing to pay more for books printed on recycled and environmentally responsible paper.

Over the course of its lifecycle, postconsumer recycled fiber requires 30-40% less energy than virgin fiber.

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Last year, the U.S. newspaper industry consumed 8.7 million metric tons of paper.

Although the newspaper industry is using less newsprint each year as more readers access their news online, it still uses nearly 6 million metric tons of virgin fiber each year.

This is equal to the virgin fiber requirements of the U.S. book, magazine, and catalog sectors combined.

Given the magnitude of the industry, the environmental impacts are significant. Last year's newsprint consumption in the U.S

Consumed 95 million trees.
Generated 126 billion gallons of wastewater.
And emitted 49 billion pounds of greenhouse gases.
Source: Environmental Defense Paper Calculator

At the same time, the massive scale of its impacts places the newspaper industry in a unique position to help curb climate change and conserve endangered forests through the transformation of its practices.

Building on our success in the book industry, and in partnership with Markets Initiative, Green Press Initiative is committed to collaborating with mills, printers, and publishers to bring about this change.