Submitted by: The Two Sides Team August 22, 2010
This report, by TNT European Mail Networks, aims at providing facts and an assessment of myths about the environmental impact of door drop media, in order to create clarity about the impact. It can be used by marketing and communication managers in order to provide answers to critical stakeholder questions. Before elaborating on the environmental impact of door drop media, the first chapter provides general information about environmental impact. Chapter two provides information on door drop media, the advantages and an overview of the process chain. The following four chapters are related to forestry (3), the paper-production (4), printing (5) and environmental issues concerning sealing and packaging (6). Chapter seven describes the environmental impact of transport, chapter eight the consumption of door drop media and nine and ten recycling and waste management respectively. In the last chapter recommendations are given in order to reduce the environmental impact.