THE HERALD Wednesday August 22 Page Local company leads with recycled paper Stationery Limited Marketing Man Terr Haines displays samples from the company product line Futura pro duct is composed from 100 per cent rctjcled paper The Georgetown company Is the first in North America to offer 100 per cent recycled products Herald photo If you use Stationery Com products then you could be using the same paper up to seven times DRG Stationery in Georgetown is the first company in North America to offer per cent recycled stationery products Sixty per cent of the product line Futura is compiled from post consumer waste which includes of newsletters and computer paper The remaining per cent is categorized as preconsumer waste which includes the envelopes and printer paper trim mings Thus the paper products completely utilize recycled fibres without the adding of new paper products DRG is far of the federal government regulations regading recycled paper insists Terry Haines DRG Marketing Manager The government stipulates paper products must in corporate least 50 per cent of recycled paper plus five per cent post consumer paper products The delicate sorting and gather ing processes and a lack of paper mills willing to recycle to DRG s unique requirements has created some cost increase admits Mr Haines Although the pro ducts cost in excess of per cent more than regular paper products he firmly believes the consumer is willing to extra to act si toward iht environment Not only ill educated con be willing to a little more for 100 per cent recycled paper they will be proud to use the light grey paper to prove they are doing their part to protect the en vironment insists Mr Haines Since the recycled paper is not bleached small ink spots appear on pages from time to time That t mean lesser quality paper said Mr Haines but rather a trademark of environmental responsibility The product line is for those people who care enough to pay now than pay much more later he added As a result of extensive research DRG set up a 100 per cent recycled paper target About million tonnes in paper is generated in Canada annually ex plained Mr Haines adding that for each tonne recycled 300 million cubic metres of landfill space is saved The positive effects of per cent recycled paper is creating per cent less pollution per cent less water pollution and per cent less energy waste Mr Haines further noted Every tonne recycled saves trees he said Dunng the April Canadian Office Products Association trade show the Futura Products stunned all the competitors said Mr Haines Everyone else came out with the standard 50 per cent government regulation recycled products he added Refusing to let the competitors in on the process DRG will not reveal the name or location of the Canadian mill will OFFICE MAGIC Guelph St Georgetown COMPUTER SALES ONLY IBM A Epson Compatibility COLOUR ONLY 275 While Ornish I I Georgetown Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce PRESENTS Meet The Candidates Night For The Upcoming Provincial Elections ACTON GEORGETOWN Thursday Aug 23 Wednesday Aug 29 ACTON HIGH SCHOOL GEORGETOWN HIGH SCHOOL The four candidates will give prepared speeches and also answer questions from the audience BE PREPARED GET THE ANSWERS YOU VOTE FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 8777119 to hazard the difficult pro cesses required for per recycled paper said Mr Its a big business to a sort this waste he said Currently the product line is only available in Georgetown at GSS Office Supplies and Office Magic both on Guelph Street in Georgetown Several massive marketing companies are testing the product line however Georgetown is not among the areas now being tested It pays to advertise more visible Ilia mean of protection Advertising very similar ll makes your business more visible More A successful business protects your future Don let your competitors shoot you down Protect your business bo advertising in theHERALO 8772201 obtain a new skill make taxes work for you enhance your tax knowledge stepbystep program HR BLOCK For More Information Call In Business For Business SUMMER Monday to Friday pm HOURS Saturday CLOSED WEEKLY SPECIALS CATCHAFAX CLINIC ROLLERS FLOPPY DISKS EH la m m to CO CD an mlrtate hut or damaged lax copies the Catch A Fan tub that captures Colour Smoke copies as they are ejected ram your Tub adapts to all tax List 98 chines The attractive removable tub you conveniently transport lax pies lo another location tor sorting or Catch- A Fax can also be used computer printer telex machines A photocopiers T P Refills available 1 lour colours Black Red Blue Green newly designed retractable efilJed roller pen The content black matte barrel a sliding clip with a sitive action Gc disks are engineered to highest possible quality lor maximum In archival life curacy and reliability disks per GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES 8772282 348 Guelph St Unit 4 Blvd Hwy 7 Georgetown 8466947 to