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Best known for its pens, BIC also produces a range of repositionable sticky notes, including the new BIC Ecolutions Recycled Notes. Made from 80% recycled waste paper, these notes are available in pastel blue green, in either square or rectang blocks. Other new additions to t range include BIC Multi Notes; v neon BIC Indexes perfect for tab documents; and BIC Easy Notes, a collection of sticky notes and indexes arranged on a single sheet that can be inserted into ﬁles.

Antalis has added Steinbeis 100% recycled papers to its portfolio of environmental products. The papers are made entirely from recovered paper and from next year, when a new on-site power plant opens, will be manufactured using bio-mass rather than fossil fuel. There are ﬁve products in the series, ranging from Steinbeis ClassicWhite, made using paper from household collections, to Steinbeis EvolutionWhite, which uses innovative technology to create a ﬂawlessly white paper that meets the strict Blue Angel environmental standard. The range also includes Steinbeis MagicColour tinted paper, available in ﬁve different colours.

The new range of HP Deskjet printers are the ﬁrst HP models available n Europe to be made with a high proportion of recycled plastic, ranging rom 25% on the entry-level HP Deskjet D1660 (£29.99) to 50% on he HP Deskjet D2660 (£39.99). HP’s owest-cost wireless-enabled printer, he HP Deskjet D5560 (£69.99), has a recycled plastic content of 35%. The new printers will help HP meet its goal of using 46 million kilograms of ecycled plastic in printing products by 2011 (cumulative from 2007). According to HP, this is the equivalent of diverting 4 billion plastic water bottles from going to landﬁll.

Shefﬁeld-based Green PC manufacturer VeryPC has developed a new energy-saving application that uses a webcam and facial detection technology to automate the turning on and off of computer screens. By sensing when someone is facing the screen and adapting power settings accordingly, PecoBOO is more responsive than conventional, timer-based power management systems. This, claims VeryPC managing director Peter Hopton, makes it ideal for modern computer applications. “If you are watching BBC iPlayer, for example, and your screensaver is set to kick in after 15 minutes, it will interrupt your viewing, so you disable it. Once disabled, the setting tends to stay that way forever. PecoBOO is comfortable and non-intrusive because it will never turn your screen off when you are looking at it. On top of that, it will save 5, 10, 15 or more minutes for users who are disciplined enough to keep the default power management running because it works as soon as you leave the computer, with no delay.”

Ara from Orangebox is claimed to be th ﬁrst task chair developed and manufact Europe to achieve Cradle to Cradle (C2C C2C is a manufacturing philosophy in w must either be biodegradable (without materials or toxins) or endlessly recycla closed loop recycling system. Ara is 98% recyclable and has been designed to ma disassembly and recycling as simple as possible. At end of life Orangebox will collect old chairs from the customer’s premises and take them back to the recycling facility at its SouthWales fact will be disassembled (assuming re-use i

materials recovered to be used again. www.orangebox.com