California Lawyers Want Recycled Briefs

Living on Earth

Steve talks with Debra Ream of the Sierra Club Legal Defense Club about a move to require attorneys in California to file their court papers on recycled paper, and to print some of their briefs on both sides of the page. The state’s legal profession currently uses about 100,000 tons of paper a year.

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