Customer Reviews for Staples - 100% Recycled 8.5" x 11" Copy Paper, 20 lbs., 92 Brightness, 500/Ream - White
Customer Rating
4
Virtually indestinguishable from conventional paper except in price.
on February 7, 2017
Posted by: Paula K.
Very nice multi-purpose paper especially considering that it is made from 100% recycled post-consumer waste. It's about impossible to tell the difference in brightness or weight between this and Staples' 96/20. Whatever "brightness" is sacrificed is worth it to reduce landfill impact. I do take issue with the obscene price tag attached to the 100% recycled label. It's hard to believe it would cost 3x as much to reprocess bleached pulp than to originate and bleach new pulp but I don't run a mill.
I always comparison shop not so much about price (although that is always an important consideration) as about the quality of the product. First and foremost what is its impact on human health and the environment. In the case of copy paper I had a choice between 30% recycled and 100% recycled. The price difference wasn't significant so I chose 100% recycled and have been very satisfied with the paper.
We have been using this paper for a couple of years now. We do a lot of photocopying and it works very well for us. It's not as bright as non recycled paper but we don't require more brightness. It doesn't work very well in our fax machine so we use the 30% recycled paper in that machine.
Happy with this paper. It works well in my printer -- no jamming. Nice bright white color. It is however quite thin because it is 20 pound bond and this isn't quite as nice for a report as 24 pound bond. Great for most purposes though.