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\"\"<\/a>In keeping with what seems to be a personal theme this week about paper recycling<\/a>, I was motivated by a recent commenter to learn more about magazines and their recyclability.<\/p>\n

Nils Davis, said motivating commenter and blogger at Keeping the Lights On<\/a>, posed this great question:<\/p>\n

Can magazines be turned into magazines again, or do they always require \u2018virgin\u2019 paper?<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, I don’t yet have the specifics to answer the first part of that question. But it seems the answer to the second part is a resounding “No.”<\/p>\n

While notable names in the glossy, high-fashion end of periodical publishing \u2013 think Vanity Fair<\/em> and Elle <\/em>\u2013 have embraced the annual green issue hype, promoting greeness via their un-green publications, there are some magazine publishers who make eco-publishing their daily M.O.<\/p>\n

And not just a few of them. There is a lengthy list of magazines that make the effort to print on environmentally-correct papers.<\/p>\n

That can mean using post-consumer recycled content<\/a>, or it can mean using certified paper, which is promised to come from responsibly-managed forests or to be chlorine-free.<\/p>\n

Behold, The List \u2013 some of it, anyway, thanks to Co-op America’s Magazine Paper Project<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Alpinist
\n\u2022 Audubon
\n\u2022 Backyard Living
\n\u2022 Body + Soul
\n\u2022 Climbing Magazine
\n\u2022 Cooking for Two
\n\u2022 Country Woman
\n\u2022 Craft
\n\u2022 E Magazine
\n\u2022 The Ecologist
\n\u2022 Every Day with Rachael Ray
\n\u2022 Farm and Ranch Living
\n\u2022 Fast Company
\n\u2022 Good Magazine
\n\u2022 The Green Guide
\n\u2022 Heeb
\n\u2022 Inc. Magazine
\n\u2022 Mother Jones
\n\u2022 Ms. Magazine
\n\u2022 Natural Home and Garden
\n\u2022 The Nature Conservancy
\n\u2022 Nick (Nickelodeon) Magazine
\n\u2022 Ode
\n\u2022 Organic Life
\n\u2022 Outside
\n\u2022 The Progressive
\n\u2022 Ranger Rick
\n\u2022 ReadyMade<\/a>
\n\u2022 Russian Life
\n\u2022 Shape
\n\u2022 Surfer Magazine
\n\u2022 Taste of Home
\n\u2022 Trout Unlimited
\n\u2022 Utne
\n\u2022 Yoga Journal<\/p>\n

Co-op America lists more than 125 magazines that walk the green walk \u2013 so far.<\/p>\n

Many of the magazines named clearly lean toward enlightened, environmentally-based lives with active outdoor interests. So they are not surprises, though they still are praise-worthy and much appreciated. At least a few of them — Ode, ReadyMade, Body + Soul<\/em> — showup\u00a0at my house regularly.<\/p>\n

But there are several major names that should shine some hope for other big brands \u2013 Mother Jones, Ms. Magazine, Outside, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Inc.<\/em> \u2013 to one day make their so-called ‘green issues’ actually green, something more than just annual, hey-look-at-us gimmicks.<\/p>\n

Related posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A By-the-Numbers Look at Paper Recycling: Does One Person’s Effort Do Any Good?<\/a>
\nIndividual Recycling Efforts Do Have Impact; Magazines Are the Difference-Makers<\/a><\/p>\n

Recycled Paper at Starbucks, Citigroup and UPS — Where Is It Now?<\/a><\/p>\n

S.O.S. (Save Our Shredders): The Junk Mail Deluge<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo: Adam Williams<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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