Copyright GD Design and Print 2012

One of the main points of FOPAP is to educate the world that print and paper is not only environmentally friendly, but very probably carbon neutral.

Here’s why:

Nature grows the tree using carbon extracted from CO2 in the air.

We cut the tree and plant another, which carries on the invaluable processes of CO2 sequestration.

We use the tree to make paper, effectively

‘locking up’ the carbon.

The paper is printed upon. This is important

as ink has been shown to extend the life of

the paper in landfill by as much as 50%

(the nasty bacteria can’t eat through it).

The paper is sent to landfill where, contrary

to popular belief, 70% - 80% of the carbon

remains – forever. In other words, it does

not decay back into the atmosphere (in any great volumes).

This carbon extracted from the atmosphere and now locked in the paper is sufficient to ‘pay’ for all of the fossil fuel emissions made by the paper mill and the printing machines, right through to delivery.

Therefore communications using the printed medium are carbon neutral and the most environmentally friendly on the planet

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THE TRUTH ABOUT TREES

Take a straw poll on the street today and ask anyone about trees and you will likely hear one of the following sound bites (or many variations thereof):

               Trees are the ‘lungs’ of the Earth

               Trees ‘breathe’ CO2

               Without trees there would be less (or even no) oxygen

               Trees are a permanent store for carbon

               Deforestation directly contributes to global warming

It all sounds very reasonable and plausible. But guess what? NONE OF IT IS TRUE.

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