LIVING TREE PAPER COMPANY customers include everyone from educational institutions, corporate clients and musicians who use our paper for a wide variety of applications including hang-tags, posters, CD covers and booklets, annual reports, letterhead, brochures and publications.

Corporations

Mitsubishi Motors

Under a 1997 agreement with the Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America (MMSA) agreed to conduct an unprecedented environmental review of all their business practices, and to track their environmental performance in manufacturing, distributing, and sales. In an effort to address corporate responsibility and the environment, the company agreed to eliminate non-renewable and hazardous materials from their production processes. Mitsubishi also pledged to end their use of old-growth forest products, to phase out the use of tree-based paper and packaging products in favor of alternative fibers, The company now uses Vanguard Recycled Plus™, 24# writing paper for its corporate letterhead.

"Saving the environment can lead to new business opportunities."

— Tachi Kiuchi, the former CEO of Mitsubishi

Patagonia

Patagonia has long been a pioneer in the garment industry. Recognizing that their business activity creates pollution, the company strives to minimize their impact on the environment by using processed chlorine-free post-consumer recycled paper, tree-free paper, and soy-based inks whenever possible for printing catalogs and other materials. To this end, Patagonia prints their hang tags on Vanguard Recycled Plus™, 80# cover stock.

"We realized that all of Patagonia's facilities should be involved in recycling and composting and have edible landscaping, low energy-use power, and insulation. We should use recycled paper everywhere, even in our catalogs, encourage ride sharing, eliminate paper cups, and so forth."

— Yvon Chouinard, Founder of Patagonia

Staples

Staples no longer carries Vanguard Recycled Plus™. We wish to thank all who supported the paper while offered online and in stores. We are now working diligently to establish a new national distribution. In the meantime, you may order from us directly at 800-309-2974.

Musicians

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Musicians have long been a mouthpiece for environmental sustainability, but in April 2002, the band insisted that their label, Warner Bros., use tree-free and recycled paper on their new release, By The Way. The CD features a 12 page CD insert printed on our Déjà Vu™ 100# Matte Text.

"If we could do it first in a way where we're not being wasteful and helping to recycle and preserve our precious resources, that's great and we're happy to do that; but also, we wanted to set some sort of standard to inspire other bands and help them to see that it's very easy and simple to do and your CD's can still look good and do well and that we don't need to waste trees."

— Flea, Bassist, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Shortly after the release of the CD, Jackson Browne and The Foo Fighters decided to follow suite. Browne's latest release, "The Naked Ride Home", has a CD booklet printed on Déjà Vu™, 100# Matte Text. The Foo Fighters CD insert is printed on Vanguard Recycled Plus™, 80# Text.

Artists

Drowning Creek Studio designs and publishes high-end art prints for the music and tattoo industries. They specialize in collectible merchandise prints. Drowning Creek Studio consists of Jeff Wood and Judy with over 35 years combined experience in screen printing, licensing, designing, advertising, and merchandising. The Studio also works with several freelance illustrators and design studios on projects. Drowning Creek is equipped with state-of-the-art computers, screenprinting, and digital imaging devices. They use Vanguard Recycled Plus™ about 90% of the time, and UV inks that are very eco-friendly. There are no solvents in UV inks, only light curable resins. The film is generated digitally, so there are no developing chemicals, and they only use biodegradable soy based chemicals for reclaiming their screens. Need a special poster for a band, event, or festival? They can do that. Recent works include Trey Anastasio, The Dead, Gov’t Mule and Widespread Panic, to name a few.

Jim Pollock

When he's not working on CD cover art and posters for Phish, poster artist, Jim Pollock is busy raising awareness to political and environmental concerns. We've been pleased to help Jim in promoting sustainability by providing him with our Vanguard Recycled Plus™, 80# cover stock.

Publications

The Planet is a student-produced environmental magazine that began in 1979 and is supported by Western Washington University’s journalism department and Huxley College of the Environment, one of the oldest environmental colleges in the country. With a circulation of 2,000 copies per issue in fall, winter and spring, Planet’s staff is dedicated to environmental advocacy and awareness through responsible journalism. Each issue focuses on a unified environmental theme selected by the students who also write, edit, design and manage the publication. The Planet is printed on Déjà Vu™, 80# text.

Institutions

University of Oregon

In 1990, the University of Oregon enacted a policy addressing the use of recycled paper products in its operations. The new policy required the University to purchase and use paper products made from recycled materials. In 2000 LIVING TREE PAPER COMPANY began supplying paper products to the university bookstore. Today, the company supplies the paper for all of the University's departmental letterhead and envelopes.