The Association of American Publishers (AAP), US, has unveiled a new Handbook on Book Paper and the Environment. The AAP hopes the practical guide will assist publishers in navigating the confusing and often arcane issues relating to the development of environmental sustainability practices within the book publishing industry.
Developed by the AAP Paper Issues Working Group, the Handbook is seen as the first of its kind to address a range of environmental issues in the specific context of the book publishing industry. It is observed to reflect more than two years of extensive consultations and discussions with organisations representing a broad spectrum of interests, including environmental advocacy groups, forest certification and standards bodies, environmental industry consortiums and associations, economists and paper mills. The content covering a host of governmental, commercial and environmental issues as they relate to book paper production and the environment.
The Handbook is intended as an informational tool for book production professionals, their staff, and their executive management interested in creating workable independent sustainability programmes, providing up-to-date information to assist in efforts to balance economic and ecologic realities. Among the areas covered in the Handbook are recycling (including pre- and post-consumer recycled fiber distinctions), forestry certification standards, "chain of custody," issues facing paper and recycling manufacturers, global practices and economic impacts and green production efforts. It also contains Frequently Asked Questions, and organisational contact information.
The AAP Paper Issues Working Group represents a broad cross-section of the AAP membership. Its members include: American Chemical Society, Cambridge University Press, CQ Press, Hachette Book Group USA, Harcourt, HarperCollins USA, Harvest House Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, Keene Publishing, Lantern Books, Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Random House, Scholastic, and Simon & Schuster and W.W. Norton.
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