Yes. 3M has conducted recycling trials on Post-it® Notes at recycled paper mills. The adhesive on the paper does not interfere with paper recycling because the adhesive is substantially removed in the paper deinking process. The dyes in the paper are removed in the deinking process.

There is a limited supply of recycled fiber from which new paper can be made. Even with maximum recycling, paper mills would not be able to sustain making paper with only recycled content. In fact, it has been estimated that if all printing and writing paper was made with recycled content, the maximum sustainable level would be less than 10% postconsumer content.

Recycling is an important strategy for diverting waste from overcrowded landfills. The collected paper is used as a raw material for making recycled paper, boxes, and tissue products. Recycling also protects forests by reducing the need for virgin fiber. But recycling means more than just collecting recyclable items. The three elements of recycling include the collection of waste, the manufacture of new products from recycled material and the purchase of these items. By purchasing recycled content products you help strengthen the market for those products, encourage new technologies and create more stable markets for the sale of materials separated from recycling. When you purchase recycled paper products, you're doing your part for the environment.

Yes. The quality of Post-it® Recycled Notes is the same as our standard Post-it® Notes.

Since 1975, 3M's Pollution Prevention Pays, or 3P program, has prevented the generation of over 2.7 billion pounds of pollution. Since 1990, 3M has cut volatile organic air emissions by 95% and greenhouse gas emissions by 62%. In addition, 3M has been working to minimize waste through prevention, reuse, and recycling at its operations since the 1970s. In 2008, 3M recycled or reused 20 times more waste than it treated, disposed of in a landfill, or sent to a waste-to-energy facility.

Recycled products must contain at least some materials that have been recovered or diverted from the solid waste stream either during the manufacturing process (preconsumer) and/or after consumer use (postconsumer). Recyclable means that the product can be collected, separated or otherwise recovered from the solid waste stream for reuse or the manufacture or assembly of another product or package through an established recycling program. Having recycled content does not necessarily mean the product is recyclable, although many paper products can be recycled through established recycling programs. Post-it® Notes and Post-it® Super Sticky Notes are recyclable.

This symbol is called the Mobius Loop. It is a recycling symbol in the shape of three chasing arrows forming a triangle, and means that the product or packaging is manufactured using recycled materials, or that the product or packaging is recyclable, or to indicate the type of plastic used in the package. Information is often put in or around the Mobius Loop to show how much recycled content is present or what part of the package or product is recyclable.

A sustainable product is one that is produced, used and disposed of without depleting the earth's resources or damaging the environment. Attributes of sustainable products include using the responsible use of renewable resources, minimizing transportation to conserve fossil fuel, responsible manufacturing to reduce pollution, and recyclability of the product. The major component of Post-it® Notes and Post-it® Easel products is paper and paper is a renewable resource. All of the paper for Post-it® Notes is chain of custody certified. This means the source of supply has been reviewed by a third-party. Post-it® Notes sold in the U.S.A. are made in the U.S.A. Finally, the products are recyclable using home and office waste streams.

Chain of custody paper comes from a well managed forest where all the trees are regrown after harvesting. Illegal logging is prohibited and old growth forest is protected from logging. Chain of Custody (CoC) is an externally audited system. It is a step-by-step accounting of the channel through which forest products are distributed from their forest of origin, through all production steps, to the final end product. It is used to trace and verify the origin and the percentage of certified wood fiber used in the final product.

All Post-it® Notes and Easel Pads are chain of custody certified by a third-party review system.

Call the Office Supplies Division Information Line at 1-800-395-1223 for additional information about Post-it® Notes. Hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Standard Time.

The Post-it® Digital Notes software is compatible with The Post-it® Digital Notes software is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 operating systems (32 and 64-bit versions).

You can download the latest updates from our update page:

http://www.3m.com/digitalnotes

Please note, if you are a Post-it® Software Notes version 3.1 (or earlier) or a Post-it® Digital Notes version 4.1 (or earlier) user, this is not a free upgrade. This new version will provide you with a 30-day free trial. After the 30-day trial period, you will be required to purchase the product.

Yes, you may install the Trial version on as many computers as you please. The trial version will run for thirty (30) days. After the thirty (30) day trial period, each computer that the Post-it® Digital Notes software is installed on will need to be purchased in order to continue using the software. Post-it® Digital Notes can be purchased by following this link http://www.3m.com/digitalnotes.

Yes, click on the Desktop Dispenser button and choose Tools. On the pop-up menu, choose Preferences... Then choose the Miscellaneous tab and look for the Notepad Display section. If you choose Taskbar notification area only it will hide the Desktop Dispenser.

There are three ways to clean up your desktop of notes: 1) you can Minimize your notes, 2) Hide your notes or 3) move them to a Memoboard.

Minimize a note by double-clicking the Note button at the top left corner of the note. You can also select the Minimize option from the Note toolbar. Click the note button at the top left corner of the note to display the Note toolbar. Next select the Note tab and select the Minimize Note button. The note can be restored by double-clicking the minimized note. Optionally, the minimized note can be restored by right-clicking on the minimized note and selecting Restore from the pop-up menu.

Hide all of your notes in one command by selecting the Hide All Desktop Notes option from the Tools button on the Desktop Dispenser menu. The notes can be restored either by clicking on the Desktop Dispenser icon (as if for a new note) or by selecting Restore Desktop Notes from the Tools button on the Desktop Dispenser menu.

Alternatively, you can keep your notes in Memoboards and display them whenever you want.

Double-click the move area (top area) of the note a couple of times. (The first time will size the note to fit the text, the second time will make the note about 1 line high.)

After taking a look at the current PC market and listening to what computer users wanted from Post-it® brand software, we chose to introduce the product for the Windows® operating system at this time. We recognize the importance of the other platforms and are exploring opportunities to develop products for all of the Post-it® Note fans out there.