We've said it before, but it bears repeating. We don't cut down trees to make Crane papers. These fibers are almost pure cellulose, as compared to those from trees, which are less than half. This means that cotton fibers require fewer chemicals and produce far less waste than papers made from trees. And, cotton fibers make the best paper in the world.
All manufacturing processes operate with environmental consequences.
The challenge is to minimize our footprint on the environment and continuously search for ways to improve. Long before it became fashionable or required by law, we took aggressive and expensive measures to reduce our impact on the environment. Over the years, our pollution-prevention efforts have been recognized by environmental organizations and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as being in the forefront of the industry. We created our first wastewater treatment facility in the 1950s, and have upgraded its capabilities continuously to keep the Housatonic River running clear and clean. Despite our relatively small size, we have full-time staff devoted to waste minimization, chemical reduction and substitution, and water and energy reduction.