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Going Green with Staples

From remanufactured ink and toner to recycled-content paper and furniture, Staples is your One Sourcefor all your sustainable purchasing needs. We offer more than 3,000 environmentally-preferable products, including many that have achieved third-party certifications, such as GreenSeal, GREENGUARD, ENERGY STAR, ACMI, FSC, EPEAT and EPAs Design for the Environment. Were committed to offering high quality and cost competitive environmental product alternatives, and we make these products easy to find and order via our online ordering

Eco-preferable product:

• More than 2,000 paper items (notebooks, writing pads, Post-it notes, printing paper) with post-consumer recycled content, including Staples brand 50% and 100% recycled printing papers that are also FSC certified
• Innovative and exclusive alternative fiber paper products, such as Staples brand notebooks and paper made from sugar cane fiber residue the by-product of sugar manufacturing
• Pens, scissors, binders, organizers and other plastic products containing post-consumer recycled plastics
• Furniture and office panel systems made with high content post-consumer recycled materials (steel, wood, etc.) that are also GREENGUARD or Indoor Advantage certified for promoting indoor air quality excellence
• Wide selection of ENERGY STAR qualified and EPEAT registered technology from leading brands
• Sustainable Earth by Staples remanufactured toner, which is manufactured using an 1S0 14001-certified process
• Additionally, we manufacture our own line of innovative, Green Seal-certified and EPA-registered cleaning solutions under the brand name, Sustainable Earth. These products are not only less harmful to the planet they clean better and offer greater cost-in-use savings than traditional cleaners.
  

We recently introduced a new line of Staplesbrand notebooks, legal paper and composition paper made from 80% recycled sugarcane waste fiber. Exclusive to Staples, this paper offers superior quality at prices competitive with traditional virgin wood paper. Its also better for the planet, helping to reduce the negative environmental effects of deforestation.

We offer an exclusive brand of eco-preferable office furniture systems (e3) made up of more than 60% recycled content.

Our environmental commitment doesnt stop at the products we sell, its in the innovative recycling, consumption reduction and communications programs we offer, and well keep track of the progress your entity is making through our comprehensive environmental reporting capabilities.

Environmental Reporting

We make it easy for you to measures the impact of your sustainable initiatives through clear, detailed reporting and quarterly Business Reviews.

Some of the environmental benefits/savings our reporting can calculate include:

• Recycled paper spend
• Usage of online catalogs in place of hard copy paper catalogs
• Order consolidation (increasing your average order size to reduce frequent deliveries)

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