Our goal is to get
one million tons of
paper out of the trash!
Will you join the campaign and do everything you can to help us meet this ambitious goal?

Earth
Recycling paper reduces
global warming!

Paper
It’s not just newspapers anymore!

WHY recycle paper?

Every year, we throw away 1.5 million tons of paper in Massachusetts and it costs us a staggering $100 million.

What does 1.5 million tons of paper look like?
Imagine Fenway Park – the stands and field – filled to overflowing with a mound of paper 250 yards high, as tall as the Prudential Center. Horrifying, isn’t it? Yet that’s how much paper we waste in our Commonwealth.

Why?
Why is all this paper going in the trash, at great cost to our municipal budgets and environment?

It isn’t just newspapers anymore.
Maybe people don’t realize that almost every scrap of paper can be recycled.
Or maybe people think it takes too much effort, they aren’t organized or it doesn’t matter. A good rule of thumb is “If you can rip it, you can recycle it!”

Save Money

Recycling Paper Saves Money!

When we throw away 1.5 million tons of paper at a cost of $100 million - we might as well be shredding money!

We face incredible costs to municipal budgets and the environment when we throw away paper. We wouldn’t throw dollar bills in the trash, but that’s what we’re doing when we throw away paper.

Communities pay an average of $75 for each ton of trash that they incinerate or send to the landfill. With rising costs stretching municipal budgets thin, shouldn’t we be putting our tax dollars to better use?

Recycled Paper is Worth Money!

Paper is a valuable commodity. Paper mills in New England and around the world are eager to buy used paper – all kinds of paper -- and give it new life. Paper mills are currently paying as much for paper as it costs to throw it away.

The Newark Group, Recycled Fibers Division operates paper mills in Haverhill and Fitchburg that make game boxes, cereal boxes, pizza boxes and book covers out of recycled paper.