We felt the best way for institutions to connect on how they can actually make a difference is to calculate what impact their transcript order has. Below we have listed quantities between 5,000 up to 100,000 transcripts which covers the majority of our customer orders. As you can see each transcript order can have dramatic impact on environmental savings. The PDF icon to the right of each banner is a downloadable report you can save and print. It's a great way to share how you've made an impact on the environment. Of course all of this doesn't have to apply to just transcripts, these calculations apply to all letter sized documents when comparing 100% recycled to it's virgin equivalent.
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Energy Energy purchased (electricity and other fuels) and energy from biomass (wood residues and black liquor). The black liquor stems from the Kraft process. The equivalent is represented either in 60W light bulbs during one hour or by the average energy consumption of X households per year (In 2008, one Canadian household used 30 836 kWh (111 Gj or 105 MM BTUs) of energy. http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/corporate/statistics/neud/dpa/tablestrends2/res_ca_1_e_4.cfm?attr=0 ) |
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Smog Nitrogen oxides, NOx (NO and NO2) are the combustion by-products. Nitrogen oxides 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 equivalent is represented in number of 18-wheel trucks (one 18-wheel truck emits on average 118 kg or 261 lb. of NOx in a year http://www.edf.org/ ) |
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Tree One short tonne (0.91 metric tonnes) of recycled paper saves 17 trees compared to the same tonnage derived from virgin wood pulp. ( http://www.epa.gov/p2/pubs/tips.htm#paper). In a forest, the equivalent of 15 trees covers the surface of a tennis field (196 m2 or 2,110 f2), 136 trees cover the surface of a hockey rink (1,830 m2 or 19,697 f2) and 401 trees cover the surface of an American football field (5,353 m2 or 57,619 f2). |
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Water The amount of process water treated and discharged, including cooling water. The equivalent is represented either in number of glasses of water (0.25 Litres or 0.06 gallons), in number of 10-minute showers (8.32 Litres or 2.2 gallons.) in average water consumption of an American (350 Litres or 92 gallons./day/person) or in number of Olympic swimming pools (2,500,000 Litres or 660,430 gallons.). |
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Greenhouse gases Includes carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuels and methane from paper decomposing in landfills. These gases contribute to climate change by trapping energy from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere. The unit of measure is CO2 equivalent. The equivalent is represented either in number of miles driven (0.15 kg CO2 equivalent/km or 0.33 lb. CO2 equivalent/km) or by the yearly emissions of compact cars (1 car = 2 990 kg CO2 eq/yr or 6 592 lb. CO2 eq/year). http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/transportation/tools/fuel-consumption-guide/fuel-consumption-guide.cfm?attr=8 |
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Waste Includes all types of waste generated from pulp and paper and paperboard manufacturing, disposed of in landfills and in incinerators. The equivalent is represented either in number of large mobile waste containers (360 Litres or 95 gallon containers) or in number of fully-loaded garbage trucks (a rear-loader residential garbage truck weighs 28,000 pounds http://www.edf.org/). |