{"id":1210,"date":"2005-05-24T13:22:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-24T13:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/05\/24\/closing-the-loop-on-paper-procurement\/"},"modified":"2005-05-24T13:22:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-24T13:22:00","slug":"closing-the-loop-on-paper-procurement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/closing-the-loop-on-paper-procurement\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing the Loop on Paper Procurement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Two Steps Forward, Joel provides a <a href=\"http:\/\/makower.typepad.com\/joel_makower\/2005\/05\/seeing_the_fore.html\">brief overview<\/a> of an article on business paper procurement in the latest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbizletter.com\/\"><em>Green Business Letter<\/em> (his newsletter)<\/a>.  The problem with many of these policies is that most companies focus on the forest management aspects of paper buying, and fail to consider the whole life cycle of the product.  So, while many companies act with good intentions, the actual environmental effects of these &#8220;eco-conscious&#8221; buying decisions may be negligible.<\/p>\n<p>Technorati tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/paper\" rel=\"tag\">paper<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/business\" rel=\"tag\">business<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/sustainability\" rel=\"tag\">sustainability<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tkqlhce.com\/click-1674704-878705\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/image-1674704-878705\" width=\"234\" height=\"60\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Two Steps Forward, Joel provides a brief overview of an article on business paper procurement in the latest Green Business Letter (his newsletter). The problem with many of these&nbsp;[ &hellip; ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Closing the Loop on Paper Procurement &#8226; Sustainablog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/closing-the-loop-on-paper-procurement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Closing the Loop on Paper Procurement &#8226; Sustainablog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From Two Steps Forward, Joel provides a brief overview of an article on business paper procurement in the latest Green Business Letter (his newsletter). 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