BMJ  2008;336 (26 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.39559.679155.47

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Reduce, reuse, recycle

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The BMJ’s carbon footprint is shrinking. From this week most copies will be printed on 100% recycled paper, each year diverting around 1670 tonnes of paper waste from landfill and avoiding the production of around 2204 tonnes of carbon dioxide. Admittedly, this carbon reduction is fairly modest, equating to a bit more than the total annual carbon emissions of 100 average Americans or 200 Britons—but it’s a good start. The paper comes from the Leipa mill in Germany, which collects most of its recyclable waste locally and is working on a collaborative project to burn its own waste to create power and steam, with excess power going into the national grid.

For the moment one of the four editions of the journal—the one that goes out to UK general practitioners—will continue to use virgin paper. This is necessary for business resilience and because the size of that edition’s BMJ . . . [Full text of this article]

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