The 2004 release of the Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. interactive Environmental Calculator was an instant hit with small businesses and major corporations around the globe. With a few taps on their keyboard, they were able to see how many trees would be preserved and how many pounds of greenhouse gases would be prevented by using papers with environmental attributes.
Upgrades to Mohawk’s Environmental Calculator will allow customers to see the savings realized by offsetting direct thermal manufacturing emissions with Verified Emission Reduction credits (VERs). Combining the VER benefits with windpower savings, Mohawk becomes the first U.S. paper mill to offer carbon neutral calculations through its Environmental Calculator.
“Our revised on-line Environmental Calculator computes the additional benefits of supporting qualified greenhouse gas mitigation projects through the purchase of VERs. In 2007, Mohawk joined the U.S. EPA’s Climate Leaders Program and, as a condition of membership, Mohawk counted the greenhouse gas emissions for which it has direct responsibility. That same year, Mohawk began to purchase VERs as offsets to those emissions,” said Michelle Carpenter, Manager, Corporate Environmental Initiatives, Mohawk Fine Papers Inc.
This tool is easy to use, and can be downloaded directly to your desktop for instant access. Log on to www.mohawkpaper.com and click on “Environmental Calculator,” input some basic paper information into the form and click “Calculate Savings.”
Many companies today are calculating each project’s environmental savings to promote their own awareness of, and efforts toward, sustainable practice. For example, if a company prints an annual report and uses 10,000 lbs. of paper, by using Beckett Cambric 100% PC White instead of a virgin sheet, that company would create an environmental savings equal to:
* 96 trees preserved for the future
* 277 lbs. water-borne waste not created
* 40,780 gallons wastewater flow saved
* 4,512 lbs. solid waste not generated
* 8,884 lbs. of greenhouse gases prevented
* 68,000,000 BTUs energy not consumed
Because this Mohawk paper selection is manufactured with wind-generated energy and also with carbon offsets, there is an additional environmental savings of:
* 11,000 lbs. greenhouse gas emissions not generated, which is equivalent to
* 12 barrels of fuel oil unused, or
* not driving 10,886 miles in an average car, or
* planting 748 trees
For more information about all of our programs, visit www.mohawkpaper.com or call 1-800 the mill.
This article was last modified on January 6, 2023
This article was first published on March 20, 2009
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