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Chlorine-Free Paper is Becoming More Common
When thinking about “going green” with your printing projects, another attribute you can keep in mind is chlorine-free paper. Paper mills are starting to adopt better and cleaner processes for manufacturing brighter, whiter paper without using chlorine, thus better protecting our watersheds. There are three different kinds of chlorine-free paper:
Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) - made of virgin or recycled fiber that is bleached with chlorine dioxide or other chlorine compounds (a cleaner process than traditional bleaching).
Process Chlorine Free (PCF) - made of fiber that is recycled and unbleached, or bleached without the use of additional chlorine or chlorine derivatives. (Since the paper is recycled, it may have been previously bleached, so it is not totally chlorine free.)
Totally Chlorine Free (TCF) - made of virgin fiber that is unbleached or is bleached without chlorine or chlorine derivatives.
We would be happy to discuss any questions you may have about chlorine-free paper.
