OfficeMax was deemed Webby Worthy by The Webby Awards for its e-commerce website for contract business customers. OfficeMax is one of the nation's largest office supply distributors, based in Itasca, Ill. Its website was honored for its easy navigation and ability to meet complex business purchasing rules. Jim Carrington, senior director, electronic commerce for OfficeMax says, "We sought out and incorporated suggestions from our customers to help make the Website more user friendly." The Webby Awards are determined by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences.

Office Depot announced that in 2004, 65% of its U.S. paper sales came from recycled paper, a dramatic 373% increase from 2003. Office Depot, headquartered in Delray Beach, Fla., became the first company in the office products industry to set annual quantified environmental performance objectives. It also reported that the average annual post-consumer waste (PCW) recycled content of all paper it sold in the U.S. last year increased by almost 125%. In 2004, 65.3% of Office Depot's total U.S. retail, contract business, and commercial paper sales contained PCW recycled content.
The environmental impact includes saving almost 1.5 million trees and more than 1 trillion BTUs of energy, which is the amount of energy needed annually to power almost 10,000 households, the company says.
Tyler Elm, director of environmental affairs for Office Depot says, "We are thrilled to report that nearly two of every three sheets of paper sold in the United States by Office Depot last year contained recycled content. With paper being the most ubiquitous single office product, the sales effect of recycled stock is a significant benchmark of our corporate commitment to promoting environmentally-sensitive products and a testament to the growing public and corporate adoption of our quality recycled paper."