Monarch Basics has made a commitment to the development, sourcing and supply of office products and supplies that have a positive environmental influence.
These are products that:
Contain post-consumer materials
Can be reprocessed (recycled)
Are environmentally preferred because of an environmental benefit in their composition and/or method of creation
Below are some examples of products that are preferred due to environmental benefit:
Water soluble inks
Non-lacquered wood
Products that do not contain rainforest or ancient forest material
Energy efficient products
These products are marked in our catalogue and we have created a separate listing of this product in the index of this catalogue.
What can you do?
Look for items with this symbol
Look to index for EPP product listing
Choose recyclable products that meet your needs
Choose products that contain Post Consumer Waste
Recycleable (recycleable)
Refers to such products as paper, glass, plastic, used oil and metals that can be reprocessed instead of being disposed of as waste.
Post-Consumer Waste (PCW)
Material or item generated by households and commercial and institutional facilities, which has served it's intended purpose and can no longer be used by the generator.