TSNA Survey Shows Improved Attitudes About Paper Products As U.S. consumers become increasingly aware of the en- vironmental impacts of the products they use every day, there remains a wide gap between perception and reality when it comes to the sustainability of paper products – but the gap has narrowed over the past two years. Overall, 44 percent of consumers believe paper products are bad for the environment, down from 48 percent in 2021. This is according to a new survey commissioned by Two Sides North America (TSNA) and conducted by global research firm Toluna. “It’s great to see improvement in consumer attitudes about paper and the environment, but we need to accel- erate this trend if paper products are to remain compet- itive in an ever-changing marketplace,” says Two Sides North America President Kathi Rowzie. “More and more consumers are factoring environmental impacts into their purchasing decisions, but all too often those decisions are based on longstanding myths, pop culture headlines and corporate greenwashing rather than facts. “Everyone whose livelihood depends on paper has a role in changing this. As the world moves toward a more sustainable, circular economy, the paper and paper-based packaging industry has a great, fact-based environmental story to tell: The life cycle of paper is already circular.” What’s Happening To The Size Of U.S. Forests? Paper use is often blamed for forest loss, and 55 per- cent of those surveyed believe U.S. forests are shrinking, an improvement over 2021, when 60 percent of consum- ers said they believe U.S. forest area is decreasing. The facts: U.S. forest area grew by 18 million acres between 1990 and 2020, according to the U.N. Food and Agricul- ture Organization’s most recent Global Forest Resources Assessment. That’s an area equivalent to 1,200 NFL foot- ball fields every day. Contrary to the popular belief that manufacturing and using paper destroys forests, the de- mand for sustainably sourced paper and paper-based packaging creates a powerful financial incentive for mil- lions of private landowners not only to manage and har- vest their land responsibly, but also to keep it forested rather than converting it to non-forest use or selling it for development, the leading cause of deforestation in the United States according to the U.S. Forest Service. What Percentage Of Paper Is Recycled? Paper recycling in the United States is a hands down environmental success story, but most consumers don’t know it. According to the survey, only 12 percent of con- sumers know the U.S. recycling rate exceeds 60 percent, up from 11 percent in 2021. Four in 10 consumers believe the paper recycling rate is less than 30 percent. The facts: More than two-thirds (68 percent) of all paper and pa- per-based packaging in the U.S. is recycled, and more than 91 percent of corrugated cardboard is recycled according CONTINUED ON PAGE 40
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