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Recycling Waste Into Paper
On Tuesday 4 September, the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) and Mpact Recycling hosted a group of journalists at the Mpact Paper Springs mill, taking them on a tour of the mill. This gave them an opportunity to see the ins and outs of the paper recycling process. Speaking at the event, John Hunt, […]
Recycling Waste Into Paper – Paper Recycling features on eNCA
On Tuesday 4 September, the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) and Mpact Recycling hosted a group of journalists at the Mpact Paper Springs mill, taking them on a tour of the mill. This gave them an opportunity to see the ins and outs of the paper recycling process.Speaking at the event, John Hunt, […]
Forestry Explained reaches 1000 followers on Instagram!
A huge thank you to everyone who has been involved in our Forestry Explained Instagram campaign, @forestry_explained. Your ongoing support – in the form of beautiful imagery – has made this possible.At the start of the year, we had less than 100 followers; by middle of Feb this figure had risen to 229. This inspired […]
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South Africa’s Jane Molony and Steve Binnie included on the 11th RISI Top 50 Power List
“This is not a scientific study, nor is it a popularity contest; it is purely a ranking put together by the editorial team after speaking to a lot of pulp and paper industry experts from around the world,” states Risi, adding that, as in the past, they’ve chosen to concentrate on leaders from the manufacturing […]
Sappi commits to significant investment programme in KwaZulu Natal economy
Sappi Limited, a leading global producer of dissolving wood pulp, specialities and packaging papers, printing and writing papers and biomaterials headquartered in South Africa, has provided further details regarding capital investments at its Saiccor Mill in Umkomaas, south of Durban. The investments include a R2,7 billion capacity expansion project and a planned R5 billion over […]
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DEA Regulations Require Transporters of Waste to Register
The Department of Environmental Affairs is proposing new regulations which will require transporters of waste to register with them. Click here for the full document: Proposed Amendments to the National Waste Information Regulations, 2012 Please note, this document is open for comment until 5 August 2018: By post to:The Director-GeneralDepartment of Environmental AffairsAttention: Mr Anben PillayPrivate Bag X447Pretoria0001 […]
New infographic makes a compelling case for paper
Did you know that most paper has its roots in farmed trees? Or that over seven million tonnes of paper, boxes and beverage cartons have been kept out of the landfill over the past six years? The Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) has released its new infographic, highlighting the value of paper products, […]
Sappi to fund research on Artificial Intelligence and bringing carbon emissions to net zero in the paper and pulp industry
Sappi to fund research on Artificial Intelligence and bringing carbon emissions to net zero in the paper and pulp industry as one of the founding partners of The Prince of Wales Global Sustainability Fellowship Programme.Sappi Limited, a leading global producer of dissolving wood pulp, speciality and packaging papers, graphic (printing and writing) paper and biomaterials, […]
Sappi approves construction of demonstration plant for Xylitol & Furfural production in line with strategic biorefinery plans
Sappi announced today further progress in the development of its biorefinery capacity with the confirmation that it will construct a demonstration plant to further scale up its novel Xylex® technology for the production of Xylitol and Furfural.The plant will be located adjacent to the existing sugars and lignin extraction plant at Ngodwana Mill. It should […]
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Recycling Waste Into Paper
On Tuesday 4 September, the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) and Mpact Recycling hosted a group of journalists at the Mpact Paper Springs mill, taking them on a tour of the mill. This gave them an opportunity to see the ins and outs of the paper recycling process. Speaking at the event, John Hunt, […]
Recycling Waste Into Paper – Paper Recycling features on eNCA
On Tuesday 4 September, the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) and Mpact Recycling hosted a group of journalists at the Mpact Paper Springs mill, taking them on a tour of the mill. This gave them an opportunity to see the ins and outs of the paper recycling process.Speaking at the event, John Hunt, […]
Forestry Explained reaches 1000 followers on Instagram!
A huge thank you to everyone who has been involved in our Forestry Explained Instagram campaign, @forestry_explained. Your ongoing support – in the form of beautiful imagery – has made this possible.At the start of the year, we had less than 100 followers; by middle of Feb this figure had risen to 229. This inspired […]
![deafult-post deafult-post](https://www.thepaperstory.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/deafult-post.jpg)
South Africa’s Jane Molony and Steve Binnie included on the 11th RISI Top 50 Power List
“This is not a scientific study, nor is it a popularity contest; it is purely a ranking put together by the editorial team after speaking to a lot of pulp and paper industry experts from around the world,” states Risi, adding that, as in the past, they’ve chosen to concentrate on leaders from the manufacturing […]
Sappi commits to significant investment programme in KwaZulu Natal economy
Sappi Limited, a leading global producer of dissolving wood pulp, specialities and packaging papers, printing and writing papers and biomaterials headquartered in South Africa, has provided further details regarding capital investments at its Saiccor Mill in Umkomaas, south of Durban. The investments include a R2,7 billion capacity expansion project and a planned R5 billion over […]
![deafult-post deafult-post](https://www.thepaperstory.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/deafult-post.jpg)
DEA Regulations Require Transporters of Waste to Register
The Department of Environmental Affairs is proposing new regulations which will require transporters of waste to register with them. Click here for the full document: Proposed Amendments to the National Waste Information Regulations, 2012 Please note, this document is open for comment until 5 August 2018: By post to:The Director-GeneralDepartment of Environmental AffairsAttention: Mr Anben PillayPrivate Bag X447Pretoria0001 […]
New infographic makes a compelling case for paper
Did you know that most paper has its roots in farmed trees? Or that over seven million tonnes of paper, boxes and beverage cartons have been kept out of the landfill over the past six years? The Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) has released its new infographic, highlighting the value of paper products, […]
Sappi to fund research on Artificial Intelligence and bringing carbon emissions to net zero in the paper and pulp industry
Sappi to fund research on Artificial Intelligence and bringing carbon emissions to net zero in the paper and pulp industry as one of the founding partners of The Prince of Wales Global Sustainability Fellowship Programme.Sappi Limited, a leading global producer of dissolving wood pulp, speciality and packaging papers, graphic (printing and writing) paper and biomaterials, […]
Sappi approves construction of demonstration plant for Xylitol & Furfural production in line with strategic biorefinery plans
Sappi announced today further progress in the development of its biorefinery capacity with the confirmation that it will construct a demonstration plant to further scale up its novel Xylex® technology for the production of Xylitol and Furfural.The plant will be located adjacent to the existing sugars and lignin extraction plant at Ngodwana Mill. It should […]