Frequently Asked Questions
You'll be surprised by how much impact you make when buying post consumer recycled products! In addition to savings some trees, your purchase will:
Save energy wasted in harvesting virgin materials
Preserve oxygen-producing forests
Eliminate landfill waste
Prevent harmful dioxins, furans, chlorines, and other carcinogens from entering our ecosystem, our water, our food, and our lives.
Help create a sustainable planet!
Every recycled cover stock paper we provide has a minimum of 80% post consumer recycled content, with most of them containing 100% post consumer content. Most of our papers are also processed chlorine free, FSC certified, Carbon Neutral Plus, Green Seal certified, made with Green-e Renewable energy, and made in the USA.
Yes! Dolphin Blue's products are only made in the United States. Buying American made products is important in fostering strong local economies. Buying local provides jobs for your neighbors and creates prosperity for your community. Sourcing only American made items significantly reduces the environmental footprint of our products, saving great amounts of fuel and resources otherwise used to transport foreign made products from overseas.
All papers provided by Dolphin Blue are guaranteed to perform flawlessly on all office printers and copiers. Because of the thickness of cover stock papers, they are not easily fed through printers and copiers without utilizing the bypass feed area of your printer. Consult your user manual prior to printing cover stock papers on your printer. These are not pre-perforated papers.
Cover stock papers come in a variety of paper weights. Our recycled cover stocks come in weighs of 80 lb, 100 lb, 120 lb, 130 lb, and 160 lb double thick cover stock. 80 lb cover is the standard weight used for most business cards. Upgrading your paper weight will give your printed item a sturdier feel it give it more lasting value. Our recycled textured cover stock papers come in 80 lb cover and 120 lb double thick textured varieties.
We pride ourselves in offering only the most sustainable paper brands available. Our most environmentally responsible brands include Neenah Classic Columns, Neenah Classic Laid, and Neenah Classic Linen. We have swatchbooks available if you would like to take a closer look at our sustainable paper lineup.
Yes! We print exclusively with soy-based inks to ensure the most environmentally friendly printing process possible. Please check out our customer printed items section in the left navigation bar to see our standard printed items offering. Our standard options include recycled printed business cards, recycled note cards, recycled printed file folders, and recycled printed CD sleeves. If you don't see the item you're looking for there, please give us a call and we'll work out the details for a customer job.
Yes! Check out our smooth cover stocks link on the previous page to see the different colors and paper weights we provide for smooth recycled cover stock papers.
Green Seal certified products contain a host of environmental qualities, like containing a minimum of 30% post-consumer recycled content, being processed without chlorine, and packed in materials with minimal chemical levels. All Green Seal products are certified and monitored to assure their sustainable attributes.
Green-e certified products are made with 100% renewable energy. Buying these items lessens our dependency on unsustainable resources and focuses development on renewable, planet friendly ways of producing and consuming energy.