Fuji Xerox Launches Copy/Printer Paper Blend Containing Company's Own Plantation Wood

On June 1, 2005, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. of Japan and its affiliate Fuji Xerox Office Supply Co., Ltd. launched the eco-friendly "FR" brand copy/printer paper developed in collaboration with Oji Paper Co. This paper is the first to contain woodchips from these companies' own plantations in New Zealand. The brand name, FR, is taken from the first letter of the words Forest and Recycle, and indicates both forest recycling and paper recycling.

FR paper is made from 50 percent virgin pulp and 50 percent recycled newspaper pulp. The virgin pulp is made of woodchips from sustainable plantations, including those from the companies' own plantations shipped to Japan from New Zealand. These woodchips have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), an international nongovernmental organization set up to promote sustainable forestry.

Fuji Xerox and Fuji Xerox Office Supply, which regard the need for environmental protection and resource security as a critical responsibility, are promoting the Eco-Conscious Pulp Plan, in which they select all their virgin pulp from plantations and certified-forest pulp, while keeping the ratio of recycled pulp above 50 percent. The release of FR is expected to further promote this plan.

http://www.fujixerox.co.jp/eng/headline/2005/0530_fr.html
- Fuji Xerox Starts Shipping Woodchips from its Own Plantation in New Zealand (Related JFS article)
http://www.japanfs.org/db/1055-e

Posted: 2005/11/09 04:01:31 PM
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