Langdell Library Switches to 30% recycled content paper

Harvard Law School’s Langdell Library now supplies all its printers and copiers with paper made from 30% recycled content. Prior to the switch, the Library had only stocked recycled paper in its printers; copiers were prone to jamming when processing recycled pages. After learning about alternative recycled paper options, Suzanne Wones, head of Access Services at Langdell, decided to give a different brand of recycled paper a trial run in Library copiers. Two weeks later, with no significant problems reported, the Library solidified the switch. The decision to exclusively supply 30% recycled content paper was made easier by the paper’s price tag; the brand the Library settled on (OfficeMax) offers 30% recycled content paper at the same price as paper made from virgin pulp. As the switch has proven successful, this change may not be immediately apparent to Library users, but it’s one that will go a long way toward reducing the environmental impacts of the Law School and the Library.

(Photo caption: Copiers such as these in the main copy room on Langdell’s third floor are now supplied with paper made from 30% recycled content.)