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Scholastic<%2Fa>%20announced%20that%20it%20has%20made%20continued%20progress%20toward%20its%20companywide%20goal%20of%20strengthening%20its%20sustainable%20paper%20procurement%20practices%20and%20increasing%20the%20percentage%20of%20Forest%20Stewardship%20Council<%2Fa>%20(FSC)%20certified%20and%20post-consumer%20waste%20(PCW)%20recycled%20paper%20it%20purchases.%20In%20January%202008,%20Scholastic%20announced%20goals%20for%202012<%2Fa>%20to%20increase%20its%20purchase%20of%20FSC-certified%20paper%20for%20its%20publications%20to%2030%20percent%20and%20its%20use%20of%20recycled%20paper%20to%2025%20percent,%20of%20which%2075%20percent%20would%20be%20PCW.%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.bookbusinessmag.com%2Farticle%2Fscholastic-reports-progress-toward-environmental-goals%2F" target="_blank" class="email" data-post-id="5150" type="icon_link">
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In 2009, Scholastic purchased 70,279.2 tons of paper, of which 12,121 tons, or 17.25 percent, was FSC-certified, up from 3.6 percent in 2007. In addition, 13,920 tons, or 19.8 percent, of the paper purchased was produced from recovered fiber, up from 13.5 percent in 2007. Of that amount, 11,078 tons, or 79.6 percent, was produced from PCW fiber, up from 80.7 percent in 2007.
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