Microsoft has taken a great environmental initiative and announced its headquarters are switching to 100% post-consumer recycled paper.

To implement the idea, Microsoft teamed up with Grays Bruce Harbor Paper, a company that designed a line of 100% post-consumer recycled paper called Harbor 100, which is also Green-e certified. It’s not only the resource that makes this product sustainable but also the process used to produce it. It involves no chlorine, and is powered by energy created using wood waste gathered in a sustainable way from the forest floor.

In addition to the 8,000 trees projected to be saved annually as a result of Microsoft’s contract, the paper company anticipates it will also reduce wastewater by as much as five Olympic-sized swimming pools and solid waste by eight garbage truckloads.

Inspired by their example, we, at Essentia Store in Santa Monica, decided to do our part and swap to 100% post consumer recycled paper. Although the significance as well as the volume of the produced effect might fade by comparison, we believe that every little bit counts. And we are determined to do anything in our power to move towards a more sustainable future.