Eco-Friendly Report

►  An Eco-Friendly Report will provide your company with valuable information regarding how much you've reduced your environmental impact by printing on our 50% recycled premium bond, which is now our regular paper at our regular price. This unique and concise information is easy to include in your reports and proposals offering a value added statement to clients. You'll want to give your Account Manager a call, otherwise click HERE to request a complimentary report for your company.

The Eco-Friendly Report is based upon the calculator provided by the Environmental Paper Network (EPN). EPN is a respected, credible, and influential voice on pulp and paper sustainability issues in North America and its global supply chain, and network of non-profit organizations aimed at effectively empowering and motivating consumers, corporations, organizations and governments to protect forests, climate, air, water and communities through more sustainable production and consumption of pulp and paper. EPN facilitates a powerful movement of independent organizations, strategically leveraging their collective expertise and resources, to initiate change and environmental improvement in the pulp and paper industry.
   
  Although not extensive this glossary of terms will help you navigate through some of the details found in the Dominion Blue Eco-Friendly Report... For additional details, descriptions and references, you should visit the EPN Website.
   
 
 
   
►  Wood Use (Trees)
  Wood use measures the amount of wood required to produce a given amount of paper. The number of typical trees assumes a mix of hardwoods and softwoods 6-8" in diameter and 40' tall. Calculated collaboratively by Conservatree and Environmental Paper Network based on data from Tom Soder, Pulp & Paper Technology Program, University of Maine, as reported in Recycled Papers: The Essential Guide, by Claudia G. Thompson, The MIT Press, 1992.
   
►  Net Energy
  The Paper Calculator includes an energy credit for energy that is created by burning paper – or the methane that decomposing paper creates – at the end of its life. The Net Energy takes the total amount of energy required to make the paper over its life cycle, and subtracts this energy credit. If most of the energy used to make the paper is purchased, then the energy credit might make the Net Energy lower than the Purchased Energy. The average U.S. household uses 91 million BTUs of energy in a year.
   
►  Purchased Energy
  A subset of total energy, purchased energy measures how much energy comes from purchased electricity and other fuels. The unit of measure is British Thermal Units (BTUs). The average U.S. household uses 91 million BTUs of energy in a year.
   
►  Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
  Chemical compound produced when boilers burn fuel that contains sulfur. Of the fuels used in the paper industry, oil and coal generally contain the highest quantities of sulfur. Sulfur dioxide contributes to air pollution problems like acid rain and smog. The average 18-wheel truck emits 5.5 pounds of SO2 in a year.
   
►  Greenhouse Gases
  Greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuels and methane from paper decomposing in landfills, contribute to climate change by trapping energy from the sun in the earth's atmosphere. The unit of measure is CO2 equivalents. The average car emits 11,013 pounds of CO2 in a year.
   
►  Nitrogen oxides (NOx)
  Nitrogen Oxides (NOx, which include NO and NO2) are products of the combustion of fuels that contain nitrogen. NOx contribute to acid rain and can react with volatile organic compounds and sunlight in the lower atmosphere to form ozone, a key component of urban smog. The average 18-wheel truck emits 261 pounds of NOx in a year.
   
►  Particulates
  Particulates are small particles generated during combustion, and pose a range of health risks, including asthma and other respiratory problems, when inhaled. The average urban bus emits 11.2 pounds of particulate matter in a year.
   
►  Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP)
  Hazardous Air Pollutants are any of a group of 188 substances identified in the 1990 Clear Air Act amendments because of their toxicity.
   
►  Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
  Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are a broad class of organic gases, such as vapors from solvent and gasoline. VOCs react with nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the atmosphere to form ground-level ozone, the major component of smog and a severe lung irritant.
   
►  Total Reduced Sulfur (TRS)
  Total Reduced Sulfur compounds cause the odor associated with kraft pulp mills. Exposure to TRS emissions has been linked to symptoms including headaches, watery eyes, nasal problems, and breathing difficulties.
   
►  Wastewater
  Wastewater measures the amount of process water that is treated and discharged to a mill's receiving waters. Wastewater volume indicates both the amount of fresh water needed in production and the potential impact of wastewater discharges on the receiving waters. 1 Olympic-sized swimming pool holds 660,430 gallons.
   
►  Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)
  Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) measures the amount of oxygen that microorganisms consume to degrade the organic material in the wastewater. Discharging wastewater with high levels of BOD can result in oxygen depletion in the receiving waters, which can adversely affect fish and other organisms. Average home discharges 186 pounds of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) in a year.
   
►  Total Suspended Solids (TSS)
  Total suspended solids (TSS) measure solid material suspended in mill effluent, which can adversely affect bottom-living organisms upon settling in receiving waters and can carry toxic heavy metals and organic compounds into the environment. The average home discharges 207 pounds of Total Suspended Solids (TSS) in a year.
   
►  Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)
  Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) measures the amount of oxidizable organic matter in the mill's effluent. Since wastewater treatment removes most of the organic material that would be degraded naturally in the receiving waters, the COD of the final effluent provides information about the quantity of more persistent substances discharged into the receiving water. The average home discharges 465 pounds of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) in a year.
   
►  Solid Waste
  Solid Waste includes sludge and other wastes generated during pulp and paper manufacturing, and used paper disposed of in landfills and incinerators. 1 fully-loaded garbage truck weighs an average of 28,000 pounds (based on a rear-loader residential garbage truck).
   

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