We're Going Green!

Studentreasures Going Green!

Our Commitment to the Environment

Every ton of paper made from recycled materials saves 17 trees, 6.953 gallons of water, 463 gallons of oil, 587 pounds of air pollution, 3.06 cubic yards of landfill space, and 4,077 kilowatt hours of energy.

At Studentreasures we are proud of our committment to Going Green. One step at a time we will make our contribution to improving our planet and the environment. We have many practices within the company that minimize our impact on the environment, and we ask our customers to do so as well.

KIt Envelopes:

The first product we have decided to take "Green" are our kit envelopes. We have moved from a virgin paper product to a post consumer waste product (PCW). Our classbook kit envelopes have been converted to FSC certified 100% PCW paper. Our individual kit envelopes have been converted to FSC certified 30% PCW paper.

Studentreasures FSC Certified PCW Envelopes

Did you know:

  • In one year, recycling allows aluminum companies to save the equivalent of more than 19 million barrels of oil – enough energy to supply electricity to about 18 million households for a year.
  • Recycling one glass bottle or jar saves enough electricity to light a 100-watt bulb for four hours.
  • Recycling one pound of steel can power a 60-watt light bulb for more than a day.
  • Recycling one ton of plastic saves the equivalent of 1,000 – 2,000 gallons of gasoline
  • If all morning newspapers in the US were recycled for one day, the equivalent of 41,000 trees would be saved and 6 million tons of waste would never end up in landfills.
  • Every person in the US receives junk mail that represents the equivalent of 1-1/2 trees a year. If only 100,000 people stopped their junk mail, as many as 150,000 trees annually would not be cut down for paper productions. (One tree can filter up to 60 pounds of pollutants from the air each year).