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Retailers and shoppers in Canada debate which is greener: paper vs plastic bags [From the web]
The shoppers at Toronto's Blue Banana Market can choose from the wares of more than a dozen merchants, but when they make a purchase, it will be handed over to them in a paper bag. "When we first started, we made a conscious effort to use 100-per-cent More
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Resolute unveils Align environmentally responsible papers as alternative to chemical pulp coated and uncoated freesheet in printing applications
Resolute Forest Products today unveiled its Align TM family of high brightness, environmentally responsible papers that can be used as alternatives to chemical pulp coated and uncoated freesheet in most commercial printing applications. Typical freesheet papers are designed for brightness and use more trees and chemicals than More
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FutureMark customers honored for outstanding environmental publishing practices at Aveda Environmental Award 2012
Two FutureMark Paper Company customers were among the three magazine publishers honored in the 2012 Aveda Environmental Award competition for their "environmental leadership and achievement in the magazine industry through use of environmentally responsible paper and production practices." Dirt Rag, a top magazine for mountain biking enthusiasts, More
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Chesapeake secures more than €3M for next gen environmentally friendly paper packaging
Chesapeake, a leading manufacturer of consumer packaging, is contributing to a pan-European project that aims to revolutionise paper packaging. The project, coordinated by the UK's Sheffield Hallam University, has secured EU funding in-excess of €3m (£2.5m) and is expected to result in the development of ‘NEWGENPACK' - More
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Mondi Release Liner Austria obtains FSC certification
Mondi Release Liner Austria is certified according to the FSC TM "Chain of Custody" system. This system ensures the complete traceability of FSC TM -certified paper through the supply chain, from the forest to the customer, including each successive stage of processing, transformation, manufacturing and distribution. The More
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Caraustar awarded FSC and SFI certification for its URB mills
Caraustar Industries, Inc., one of North America's largest producers of uncoated recycled boxboard (URB), has recently achieved certification in the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) TM Chain of Custody Standard for the following mills: Austell Boxboard Mill #2 in Austell, GA, Carotell Paperboard in Taylors, SC, Cincinnati Paperboard More
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Chesapeake joins pan-European project for the next generation of environmentally friendly paper packaging
Chesapeake, a leading manufacturer of consumer packaging, is contributing to a pan-European project that aims to revolutionise paper packaging. The project, coordinated by the UK's Sheffield Hallam University, has secured EU funding in-excess of €3m (£2.5m) and is expected to result in the development of ‘NEWGENPACK' - More
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Ilim awarded Proof of Leadership in forest management certification
Following the results of 2011, Ilim Group was acknowledged as the leader of forest management certification. The respective Proof of Leadership was awarded to Ilim Group by the Russian Branch of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Therefore Ilim Group has proved once again its leadership in forest More
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Marubeni recognized as sustainability leader by global CSR research and rating company SAM
Marubeni Corporation has been awarded the "SAM Sector Leader"(a distinction given to only 58 companies, including 3 Japanese companies) for four consecutive years from 2009 along with the "SAM Gold Class" (a distinction given to only 87 companies, including 4 Japanese companies) for three consecutive years from More
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Clearwater Paper to manufacture and distribute Candesce paperboard products with Smart Planet's earthcoating resins
Clearwater Paper Corporation, a leading manufacturer of bleached paperboard products, today announced it has signed a license agreement to extrude EarthCoating TM resins from Smart Planet Technologies TM for use in the full line of Candesce® paperboard products. The EarthCoating TM resins are innovative, high performance, mineral-based More
