REPORT SUMMARY (Page 2)

ACCESS ECONOMICS REPORT FINDS FARMED TREES AS A GOOD ALTERNATIVE CHOICE FOR PAPER PRODUCTION

Double A - Paper made from Farmed Trees:

Different to plantation trees and old growth forest, Farmed Trees are planted in the otherwise unused gaps between Thai contract farmers’ rice, corn and cassava crops so no land clearing takes place to plant the trees

Double A’s Farmed Trees are Australian eucalyptus trees, sourced from Queensland 20 years ago

Double A’s Farmed Trees release 900,000 tonnes of oxygen into the atmosphere every year, and reduce C02 emissions by 1.32 million tonnes every year

Double A is the only paper available in Australia made from Farmed Trees

Double A’s 36 million cubic metre purpose-built reservoir located at the mill collects rain water and run off, and provides 100 per cent of the mill’s water, while recycled water is used to irrigate the trees

Double A uses tree waste (bark and lignin) to generate electricity to run its mill saving 200 million litres of oil from being used every year

Many of Double A’s trucks and on site machinery are powered by natural gas, rather than oil or diesel which is far better for the environment. The remaining trucks are in the process of being converted to natural gas

Double A’s bleaching process is acid free

Double A is ISO 14001 (Environmental Management Standards) certified