Comments on: New, Greener Papers from Marcal

By: Graphic Overlays

Graphic Overlays — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:49:27 +0000

All of the paper we use for our graphic overlays is 100% recycled paper. It defiantly helps save the environment!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:22:40 +0000

Marcal Small Steps makes their 100% recycled paper from unwanted, junk mail, old magazines and printer overruns.

For more information check out marcalsmallsteps.com

By: Party Rentals Los Angeles

Party Rentals Los Angeles — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 23:58:10 +0000

I love the idea of greener products, but something about wiping my butt with recycled paper still kind of weirds me out. Where is the paper recycled from, do you know?

By: Ecofacts

Ecofacts — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:04:28 +0000

Our pleasure!

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:01:45 +0000

Thanks for clearing everything up Marcal. We love your products!

By: Ecofacts

Ecofacts — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:33:06 +0000

All of us at Marcal welcome valid criticism and open discussion on blogs (and everywhere), but we want you to know that “Hank” leaves comments like the one here anytime he or she sees something written about us…and leaves them anonymously or from a variety of different names, so there is no way we can get in touch and set the facts straight. The phrases used are always very similar, the kind of pattern that almost shouts, ”spam campaign.” This kind of nameless attack isn’t in the open spirit of blogs, and we think it’s a disservice to readers and to our hard-earned reputation. The simple fact is that we make our products in a manufacturing system designed to minimize our environmental impact.
We invite the person making these attacks to come pay us a visit; we have noting to hide! We think our actions speak for themselves; otherwise, why would a group like the NRDC cite our factory in a discussion of companies leading the way environmentally in the New York metro area? (http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/egoldstein/green_apples_and_bad_apples_nr.html).
Marcal didn’t recently “paint itself green.” We’ve been using recycled paper since 1950, long before green was in. As for the lawsuit, it was settled with no admission of wrong doing, enabling the company to emerge from bankruptcy to protect and grow jobs under a new owner and management team that understands that, if you are going to market yourself as green, you better do things right.
Are we perfect? Of course not, but we are always striving to be better. We invite anyone with questions about our practices to contact us at ecofacts@marcal.com

By: Maria

Maria — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:42:02 +0000

@Hank
You mean to say that they are just the same like any other companies who are claiming that they socially responsible even if it isn’t true? Hopefully, they already changed the way of their operations. They can be a great help in case they continue to go green.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:19:29 +0000

Hi Hank, Thanks for the comment. As far as I know, Marcal was one of the MANY companies responsible for polluting the Passaic river, and have since cleaned up thier act. In comparison to the major corporations that cut down millions upon millions of acres of trees, Marcal is pretty green. Keep the comments coming though, this is definitely something that is worth exploring.

By: Hank

Hank — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:45:58 +0000

Marcal is the biggest air and water polluter in the state of New Jersey. They have been fined almost a billion dollars by the EPA, and do much more harm than good. They filed Chapter 11 to avoid paying for the clean up, and also used it as an opportunity to break their union contract. Nice guys, huh? Then when they emerged from bankruptcy, they painted themselves green. For them to claim to be a green, eco-friendly company is a joke, as well as a lie.