Fact Sheets

Print and paper products are a highly sustainable choice for communications, marketing, knowledge sharing, information security, and product and transport and safety. But there are common misconceptions that print, paper and paper-based packaging are detrimental to the environment, responsible for deforestation and wasteful, and that digital communication is more environmentally friendly than print on paper.

To address these misconceptions and to better inform and educate consumers, businesses and the public at large, Two Sides has published a series of fact sheets that address a wide array of environmental and social issues. These comprehensive fact sheets cite verifiable and trusted third-party sources on topics ranging from the important role that print and paper play in conserving forests to the real environmental impact of electronic communication, from the environmental success story of paper recycling to facts about the common practice of greenwashing.

Members of Two Sides can customize the fact sheets with their own company logos, creating a powerful addition to their own sustainability materials. For information on co-branding the fact sheets, please contact us at info@twosidesna.org.

Click below to read and download the fact sheets.

Paper Products, Renewable Energy and Carbon Footprint

Paper Production and Sustainable Forestry

Paper Recovery and Recycling

Forest Certification

Canadian Paper and Paper-based Packaging

Paperboard and Corrugated Packaging

The Facts About Greenwashing

Wood-based Paper and Alternative Fiber-based Paper

Electronic Communication

Print and paper play a key role in learning and literacy

Paperless “Green” Claims – Key Facts to Consider