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Paper is a perennial whipping boy whipping boy

surrogate sufferer for delinquent prince. [Eur. Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 942]

See : Substitution
 of the environmental movement: we cut down trees to make it, we dye it with toxic bleaches, we waste too much and we recycle too little. One company wants all that to change. Mohawk Fine Papers produces premium paper products--everything from letterhead to writing paper and gift cards--and eliminates the need to cut down 312,000 trees by buying 13,000 tons of post-consumer fiber. Premium copy paper is made from 100 percent post-consumer recycled fiber. Mohawk's dye processing is "elemental elemental

emanating from or pertaining to elements.


elemental diet
see elemental diet.
 chlorine free," and the company is weaning weaning,
n the period of transition from breast feeding to eating solid foods.


weaning

the act of separating the young from the dam that it has been sucking, or receiving a milk diet provided by the dam or from artificial sources.
 itself off of fossil fuels fossil fuel: see energy, sources of; fuel.
fossil fuel

Any of a class of materials of biologic origin occurring within the Earth's crust that can be used as a source of energy. Fossil fuels include coal, petroleum, and natural gas.
: 38 percent of the manufacturing energy comes from 45 million kilowatt-hours of wind power. The company website features a cost calculator that allows you to see how many trees and barrels of oil you save with the company's paper.

Mohawk was the first paper company to receive Green Seal certification, and in 2005 the EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid.

EPA
abbr.
eicosapentaenoic acid


EPA,
n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic.

EPA,
n.
, along with the Department of Energy, honored the firm with a Green Power Leadership Award. CONTACT: Mohawk Paper, (800)THE MILL, www.mohawkpaper.com.
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Title Annotation:Mohawk Paper Mills Inc.
Author:Gleason, Paul
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Date:Sep 1, 2006
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