Frequently Asked Questions
- Why is buying post consumer recycled products important?
- You'll be surprised by how much impact you make when buying post consumer recycled products! In addition to saving 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!
- How much post consumer recycled content do your products contain?
- Every recycled office paper we provide has a minimum of 30% post consumer recycled content, with many 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.
- What variety of recycled copy papers do you provide?
- We offer a wide selection of recycled copy, color copy, and multipurpose papers. Our copy papers range in sizes from standard 8 1/2"x11" to custom sizes like 12" x 18" and European A4 paper. The papers are guaranteed to perform as well as papers made from virgin tree pulp while making your office a more sustainable operation. We carry only paper brands that are of the highest environmental and product quality, including Boise, Wausau, and Mohawk.
- What brands of recycled laser and inkjet printer papers do you carry?
- Our recycled laser and inkjet printer paper lines are composed of high quality and environmentally minded brands like Boise and Wausau. We provide a selection of paper weights, like 24 lb writing and 60 and 70 lb text, all of which are exceptional papers for personal stationary, letterhead, and brochures. The papers are guaranteed to work in your laser or inkjet printer. Being high quality recycled papers, our products possess many environmental attributes, like FSC and Green Seal certification.
- What types of recycled color papers can I buy from Dolphin Blue?
- We carry a great spectrum of the Wausau lines, including Exact Multipurpose, Exact Opaque, and Astrobrights. These papers come in a variety of weights, including 20 lb bond, 60 and 70 lb text, and 65 and 80 lb cover stocks. The Wausau lineup is great for many uses, including copying jobs with the 20 lb bond multipurpose paper, or printing professional stationery and letterhead on the text weight papers. Like many of our papers, the recycled color papers also possess a host of environmental qualities, including a minimum of 30% post consumer recycled content and being made in the USA.
- Are your products American made?
- 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.