Final Potter Book Goes Green

The final Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, coming out July 21 will not only be the thickest in the entire volume, but also the greenest.

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Scholastic Inc. has agreed with the Rainforest Alliance, a conservation organization that works with the business community, to follow strict environmental standards. The book's first printing of 12 million will make sure that:

• The paper used will contain "a minimum of 30% post-consumer waste (PCW) fiber."
  
  
• Nearly two-thirds of the 16,700 tons of paper will be approved by the Forest Stewardship Council, an international organization with a mission to "promote environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world's forests."
  
  
• A "deluxe" edition of the new book, which has a first printing of 100,000, will be printed on paper that contains "100% post-consumer waste fiber."

[via Time.com]

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