Virgin Pulp? You're not going to find any in the Eco Line of Holiday Greeting Cards from Invitesite. Invitesite's selection of Modern and Unique Holiday Cards does not sacrifice style for substance. We use really handsome substances: cotton rag papers, heavy and handsome 100% post consumer recycled paper. Some plantable papers. (with cosmo seeds).

The Eco Holiday Cards from Invitesite use either 100% postconsumer recycled paper or treefree paper (usually cotton fiber). Some of our eco holiday cards are made from handmade cotton rag papers (recycled from the garment industry).

In our opinion, 30% recycled content just does not make the grade as a sincerely eco paper, because those papers are still 70% virgin wood pulp. Some paper suppliers are touting 30% postconsumer recycled paper as green or the eco alternative. 30% recycled has been the US government mandated percentage since 1998, for government use paper.

Until the markets for recycled paper expand and become commonplace, trees will continue to be cut down to make paper. This, from the Union for Concerned Scientists:

"The growing presence of recycled paper has led many people to believe that all paper is now made from recycled materials. This unfortunate misconception has actually decreased demand for recycled paper, causing manufacturers to produce less. As a result, more than 90 percent of printing and writing paper still comes from virgin tree fiber.

The benefits of producing paper from recycled fibers are many: fewer trees cut down, less water and energy consumed, less pollution generated. And now that studies have shown today's recycled paper products are comparable to conventional products in quality, performance, and cost, the case for buying recycled is stronger than ever."