Although you may know how to reduce paper waste in your office through double-sided printing and other measures, there is yet another way to save the trees — tree-free copy paper. Yes, that’s right, tree-free copy paper.

TreeFrog is a paper product from TreeZero. No tree-based wood fibers are used to create the product, instead the paper is made completely from sugar cane fibers.  You can recycle TreeFrog paper with the rest of your paper products, but you have another recycling option due to the product’s 100 percent sugar cane base — composting. The product is compostable, so once you’re done with the paper simply put it in your compost bin and you’re done!

 

Deforestation has been a concern for decades and despite educational campaigns, it remains an issue today. TreeZero is proud to say that no trees have been harmed in making their product. While sugar cane is a renewable source and it can be harvested twice a year, TreeZero does not harvest sugar cane for paper production. Instead, the company uses sugar cane byproducts to make its ISO 9001 certified paper.

 

My family was able to test this sugar cane paper throughout the month of October, and here’s what we thought:

 

While I only had the opportunity to test out the copy paper, there are other TreeFrog products available including a legal pad, an 8.5” x 11” spiral bound notebook, a composition book and a smaller 6” x 9.5” spiral bound notebook. I already know what I’m going to put on my back-to-school supply shopping list for next year.