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How you can save paper

Paper is too valuable to waste

Around the world we use 1 million tonnes of paper every day. Too much of this paper usage is wasteful and unnecessary and puts huge pressures on the environment.

Paper is too valuable to be wasted - WWF news about the film "The Future of Paper"

The Future of Paper

© Environmental Paper Network

Film by the Environmental Paper Network, a coalition of 140 NGOs sharing a vision for the future of paper.

What can I do?

Individuals: Save paper at home and at the office
Businesses: Buy responsibly-produced paper for my business & make my pulp/paper business more sustainable

Why save paper?

Paper usage in many parts of the word is on the rise. Expanding production and pulp wood harvesting threatens some of the last remaining natural forests and the people and wildlife that depend on them.

The world´s paper hunger also significantly contributes to climate change.

WWF shares a vision on paper with many NGOs

find out about activities of the European Environmental Paper Network

Cupifesto - No to Throwaway Cups

Environmental Paper Network´s arguments against throwaway cups

Put up a poster in your workplace

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Save Paper!

The Save Paper! section of the WWF website is a detailed guide that allows businesses and individuals to save paper and reduce its environmental impacts.

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