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Article: WASTE GENERATOR BRIEFS.(News)(Company overview)
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- Waste & Recycling News
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- August 31, 2009
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EDUCATION
Scholastic boosts use of recycled paper
Scholastic Corp., the children's publishing company, says it's making significant progress on the use of recycled paper in its products.
The New York-based company last year said it wanted to increase the use of recycled paper to 25% by 2012, including 75% of that amount coming from post-consumer sources.
The company purchased 13,496 tons of recycled paper in 2008, or 15.1% of its total. That included 11,258 tons produced from post-consumer waste, the publisher said.
Scholastic also is making progress on its goal of using Forest Stewardship Council certified fiber. With a goal ...