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Recycle this graphics are available for download
Latest News & Features, Sustainability Resources brochure, Design, document, graphics, packaging
The Paper Recycling Association of South Africa (RecyclePaperZA) has produced a set of graphics that just about anyone can apply on paper-based packaging and communication materials.
How to build a printing business in a digital world
People who work in print find themselves in a constant state of flux and perplexity. Overhaul my business? Stick with what I know? And then, to move swiftly into the realm of the philosophical: is print dying? Luckily, the future of the printing industry isn’t as type and dried as all that.
Using paper saves trees – a South African perspective
Latest News & Features, Sustainability Resources carbon dioxide, emissions, environment, forests, Greenpeace, Paper, plantation forestry, print, pulp and paper industry, renewable, sustainability, trees
We can all agree that “digital is not going away” – it is very much a part of our world. I’m using it to publish this post. But even in this multimedia, multiplatform world, paper is not going away either. And that’s a good thing. Especially for trees.
Low-cost timber winch wins two KZN student engineers the inaugural Agristars Forestry Award
Latest News & Features Agristars, DAFF, engineering, forestry, Forestry SA, ICFR, plantations, UKZN
One of the biggest challenges facing the South African forestry, agriculture and fishery sectors is addressing the widening chasm between ageing producers and the absorption of young graduates. Another, facing forestry in particular, is the fragmentation of business units and land areas. This has seen the transfer of operations and skills to emerging land-owners and […]
Global forest products industry meets in Australia
Latest News & Features DADA, Ibá, ICFPA, New Forest, PAMSA, Planet Ark
The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) – global forum of the forest products industry – will hold its annual meeting in Sydney, Australia, July 4-5. Jane Molony, executive director of the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) and vice president of ICFPA, will reunite with her industry peers from across the […]
South African and global forests products industry welcomes UN climate change agreement signing
Latest News & Features carbon emissions, climate change, Earth Day, ICFPA, Paris agreement, Renewable Energy
The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) and its members welcome the signing of the landmark United Nations agreement to tackle climate change, set to take place on Friday April 22 – coinciding with Earth Day which this year celebrates the theme of Trees for the Earth. The agreement – adopted by all 196 […]
Printed Books Are Best – The Paper Story (PAMSA)
Latest News & Features books, children, Paper, print, reading, World Book Day
It’s World Book Day on 23 April. The Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) explores the topic of reading by garnering the opinions of South African professionals and parents about the value of reading to our children from paper books.
Four common office recycling mistakes
Latest News & Features Green Office Week, office, paper recycling
It is estimated that only 8% of businesses recycle their used paper and board. And even the most well-intentioned recyclers make mistakes. The Paper Recycling Association of South Africa (RecyclePaperZA) outlines some of the more common recycling blunders with some helpful tips to make sure that paper and board get to where they need to be: […]
Cute Easter milk carton baskets
Latest News & Features, Papercrafts cartons, Easter, recycle, upcycle
Upcycle your empty milk cartons and let your kids make these cute bunny-like easter baskets.
Celebrating trees on International Day of Forests 2016
Latest News & Features FAO, fibre, food, forests, fuel, ICFPA, Paper, plantations, renewable, sustainable, United Nations
On Monday March 21, the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) celebrated the United Nations International Day of Forests. Forests – in all forms – are essential to life on our planet. They provide clean air, water and climate regulation. As a renewable resource, forests are an important part of the solution to […]
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Recycle this graphics are available for download
Latest News & Features, Sustainability Resources brochure, Design, document, graphics, packaging
The Paper Recycling Association of South Africa (RecyclePaperZA) has produced a set of graphics that just about anyone can apply on paper-based packaging and communication materials.
How to build a printing business in a digital world
People who work in print find themselves in a constant state of flux and perplexity. Overhaul my business? Stick with what I know? And then, to move swiftly into the realm of the philosophical: is print dying? Luckily, the future of the printing industry isn’t as type and dried as all that.
Using paper saves trees – a South African perspective
Latest News & Features, Sustainability Resources carbon dioxide, emissions, environment, forests, Greenpeace, Paper, plantation forestry, print, pulp and paper industry, renewable, sustainability, trees
We can all agree that “digital is not going away” – it is very much a part of our world. I’m using it to publish this post. But even in this multimedia, multiplatform world, paper is not going away either. And that’s a good thing. Especially for trees.
Low-cost timber winch wins two KZN student engineers the inaugural Agristars Forestry Award
Latest News & Features Agristars, DAFF, engineering, forestry, Forestry SA, ICFR, plantations, UKZN
One of the biggest challenges facing the South African forestry, agriculture and fishery sectors is addressing the widening chasm between ageing producers and the absorption of young graduates. Another, facing forestry in particular, is the fragmentation of business units and land areas. This has seen the transfer of operations and skills to emerging land-owners and […]
Global forest products industry meets in Australia
Latest News & Features DADA, Ibá, ICFPA, New Forest, PAMSA, Planet Ark
The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) – global forum of the forest products industry – will hold its annual meeting in Sydney, Australia, July 4-5. Jane Molony, executive director of the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) and vice president of ICFPA, will reunite with her industry peers from across the […]
South African and global forests products industry welcomes UN climate change agreement signing
Latest News & Features carbon emissions, climate change, Earth Day, ICFPA, Paris agreement, Renewable Energy
The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) and its members welcome the signing of the landmark United Nations agreement to tackle climate change, set to take place on Friday April 22 – coinciding with Earth Day which this year celebrates the theme of Trees for the Earth. The agreement – adopted by all 196 […]
Printed Books Are Best – The Paper Story (PAMSA)
Latest News & Features books, children, Paper, print, reading, World Book Day
It’s World Book Day on 23 April. The Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) explores the topic of reading by garnering the opinions of South African professionals and parents about the value of reading to our children from paper books.
Four common office recycling mistakes
Latest News & Features Green Office Week, office, paper recycling
It is estimated that only 8% of businesses recycle their used paper and board. And even the most well-intentioned recyclers make mistakes. The Paper Recycling Association of South Africa (RecyclePaperZA) outlines some of the more common recycling blunders with some helpful tips to make sure that paper and board get to where they need to be: […]
Cute Easter milk carton baskets
Latest News & Features, Papercrafts cartons, Easter, recycle, upcycle
Upcycle your empty milk cartons and let your kids make these cute bunny-like easter baskets.
Celebrating trees on International Day of Forests 2016
Latest News & Features FAO, fibre, food, forests, fuel, ICFPA, Paper, plantations, renewable, sustainable, United Nations
On Monday March 21, the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) celebrated the United Nations International Day of Forests. Forests – in all forms – are essential to life on our planet. They provide clean air, water and climate regulation. As a renewable resource, forests are an important part of the solution to […]