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The ins and outs of paper recycling
Latest News & Features carbon, jobs, landfill, methane, oxygen, Paper, recycling, waste
Paper, one of the most environmentally friendly and sustainable products, is made from farmed trees, just as your morning cereal was made from farmed wheat or corn. Plantation trees help to absorb carbon dioxide from and release life-giving oxygen into the atmosphere. Trees, and thus paper and wood products, store this carbon as solid matter. […]
A Troubling Sign for Tablet Magazines?
Latest News & Features Dead Tree Edition, digital, iPad, Kindle, magazines, Mequoda, Newsweek, print, tablets
A study that purportedly shows tablet users’ “preference for digital magazines over print magazines” actually suggests that people really don’t like tablet magazines. “23% of tablet users prefer digital magazines on tablets over print,” says a blog post from Mequoda about its new study “How American Adults Consume Magazines on Tablets.” The blog post and trade-media […]
Don’t let corporate ignorance cause a paper jam
Latest News & Features digital, emissions, Green Office Week, online, Paper, printing, Sir Nicholas Stern, Stern Review
The Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) is calling on businesses to change their attitude to paper during Green Office Week (22-26 April) by shredding the misconceptions they have about paper. Day in, day out, we are faced with messages about the harm that paper does to our environment. More often than not, these […]
US senate to reconsider the elimination of paper based communication
Latest News & Features Consumers for Paper Options, digital, environmentally friendly, information, Paper, Two Sides
Press release from Two Sides 7th March 2013, London, UK – A resolution placed before the US Senate seeks to reverse recent federal initiatives to eliminate paper-based information ‘Consumers for Paper Options’, a US group set up to challenge the drive towards a digital only society, applauds the resolution Originally reported by Industry Intelligence, 5th […]
Why wood pulp is world’s new wonder material
Latest News & Features cellulose, Nanocrystalline cellulose, New Scientist, wood pulp
THE hottest new material in town is light, strong and conducts electricity. What’s more, it’s been around a long, long time. Nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC), which is produced by processing wood pulp, is being hailed as the latest wonder material. Japan-based Pioneer Electronics is applying it to the next generation of flexible electronic displays. IBM is […]
Two Sides’ Open Letter to Google on its ‘Go Paperless in 2013’ initiative
January 8th 2013, Chicago 0700 EST and London 1300 CET. The following open letter has been sent to Mr. Eric Schmidt of Google and highlights Two Sides’ concerns that Google and others are trying to promote their services as environmentally preferable to print and paper whereas there is significant evidence that electronic communication, and Google’s […]
Pick paper for your presents and recycle it for your future
Latest News & Features Christmas, environmental sustainability, giftwrap, Paper Recycling Association of South Africa, recyclable, RecyclePaperZA, recycling, sustainability, wrapping paper
The day after Christmas, generally referred to as Boxing Day, was historically reserved for clearing out unused or unwanted items. These items were given out to the less fortunate in boxes. It is also a day when you will see cardboard boxes and wrapping paper piled high among the household refuse.
What is your e-impact? Take this quick quiz now
Latest News & Features e-impact, environment, Internet, quiz, wwwaste
What’s your e-impact? If you’re fed up with being told that the internet is better for your environment, try this simple quiz. Click on the link and measure yourself! http://wwwaste.fr/ WWWASTE is a multimedia experience with the aim of increasing web user awareness of the ecological impact of his daily internet surfing related to the […]
Print media shines in Sandy’s wake
Latest News & Features Going green, New York, Paper, print, print media, Sandy
By Dead Tree Edition USA, Nov. 12, 2012 (RISI) – Many readers in the mid-Atlantic region report a new appreciation for print media in the wake of Sandy’s mayhem. Among the observations they passed along are: The best photos are still created for print media. Iwan Baan rented a helicopter to capture the stunning image […]
Sappi Paper and Paper Packaging launches new-look Typek
Latest News & Features, Member Releases Paper, Paper packaging, Sappi, South Africa, Typek
Johannesburg, 02 November 2012 Sappi Southern Africa has re-launched the well-known Typek brand. A popular and trusted brand in offices, schools and homes, readily available through most retailers and stationers, the distinctive red and white packaging has been updated and refreshed to more visibly reflect Sappi’s commitment to sustainability. In a market confused by imported […]
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South Africa Celebrates National Book Week
Latest News & Features #Buy_a_Book, #Read_a_Book, books, Funda Bala, National Book Week SA, reading
The 7th annual National Book Week kicked off at the Apartheid Museum with a keynote address by the Gauteng MEC for Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation, Ms. Faith Mazibuko, who spoke on the importance of reading to build future leaders of our country. National Book Week (NBW), which runs from the 05th -11th September 2016, […]
Celebrating trees, wood and water this Arbor Week | 4 – 10 September
Latest News & Features, Member Releases, Sustainability Resources Arbor Week, forestry, plantations, renewable, timber, water, wood
In South Africa, 1.3 million hectares (ha) of pine and eucalyptus trees are sustainably managed for commercial processing into wood and paper products. Through modern science and nanotechnology, wood fibre – cellulose – is used in automobiles, aerospace, defence and even medicine. While Arbor Week traditionally calls on all South Africans to plant indigenous […]
National Book Week – 1-18 September 2016
Latest News & Features #Buy_a_Book, #NBWSA, #Read_a_Book, #Share_a_Book, books, National Book Week, reading
“It was Nelson Mandela who said that ‘education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world’. As the South African Book Development Council, we firmly believe that access to books from an early age is the sharp edge of the spear. That said, we are never too old to learn. […]
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.