Buying recycled products and materials made from the wastes that your company sends away to be recycled is the final step in becoming a sustainable company. Paper is a commodity that all organisations use, and which most send away to be recycled into new paper. Recycled paper is now available in a range of specifications and warrantees guaranteed to meet your needs which is why we've chosen it as the first step in buying recycled.

There are a number of good reasons why you should buy recycled content products, these include:

• It's good practice. By buying recycled products, your organisation is encouraging the sustainable management of scarce resources and the diversion of waste from landfill.
• An increasing number of recycled content products competitively compete on performance and quality compared with virgin material products.
• Many recycled content products are less expensive or more durable than their virgin material counterparts, hence offering long term money saving opportunities.
• Recycling is a catalyst for new enterprises and hence creates jobs and encourages economic development.
• By choosing to buy recycled you are improving your organisation's environmental profile which is becoming increasingly important to stakeholders.
• Buying recycled is often a relatively easy environmental initiative and employees will appreciate the company's efforts to protect the environment.

In addition to paper, a wide range of high quality every-day and specialist products from recycled materials are available. Even the use of recycled material as raw feedstock is becoming increasingly successful. For further information on available recycled products, visit our Green Procurement directory, or contact us for specialist advice.