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Two Sides challenges Toshiba’s ‘No Print Day’ as Greenwash
Latest News & Features electronic, environmental facts, Greenpeace, Greenwash, National No-Print day, Paper, paper recycling, print, Toshiba, Two Sides
Greenwash is an unfortunate and growing phenomenon as marketing departments jump on the sustainability bandwagon. In what is one of the most blatant examples of greenwashing a division of Toshiba, Toshiba America Business Solutions, has announced that 23 October 2012 will be ‘National No-Print Day’. On this day Toshiba proposes to ‘raise awareness of the […]
Tetra Pak and Gayatri Paper Mills partnership bears fruit
Latest News & Features, Member Releases energy, Gayatri, Paper, pulp, recyling, Tetra Pak, water, World Environment Day
Tetra Pak and Gayatri Paper Mills’ partnership has reached fruition with the operational launch of the first carton recycling facility of its kind in South Africa during the World Environment Week. The partnership between food processing and packaging Tetra Pak and recycling operation Gayatri Paper Mills ensures the complete, environmentally responsible and friendly lifecycle of […]
Buenos Aires to switch plastic bags for paper
Latest News & Features Buenos, FSC, Methology, Paper, paper recycling, pulp, pulp and paper industry
Argentina’s Buenos Aires province has decided that single-use nonrecyclable sacks and bags used in stores, supermarkets and retail shopping outlets must be replaced by biodegradable ones. The measure will mainly affect plastic bags, which must be replaced by more environmentally friendly packaging such as paper that has to be 100% FSC certifi ed,produced with other cellulosic fibers like sugar cane or contain a […]
Getting the facts straight about paper
Latest News & Features carbon dioxide, forests, FSC, Paper, paper recycling, recycling, World Environment Day
World Environment Day message from the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa World Environment Day is one of the days in the year where we receive a flood of ‘green’ messages about saving precious resources such as water and energy, buying less and recycling more and living in a sustainable way so we can ensure […]
International Council of Forest and Paper Associations names Harman President
NEWS RELEASE: International Council of Forest and Paper Associations Names Harman President The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) announced Donna Harman as its new President. Harman, president and CEO of the American Forest & Paper Association, will serve in this capacity for the next two years. ICFPA is a global network of […]
Millennials and Print Newspaper: A Surprising Story.
Latest News & Features Millennials, newspaper, Paper, pew state of the news media study, printed paper, videos, young people
Reports on the media habits of Millennials, those “digital natives”, have given some the impression that young people never read newspapers. However, survey evidence stubbornly insists that they do.
The business of South Africa’s garbage
Latest News & Features environmental sustainability, green economy, packaging manufacturers, Paper, paper recycling, plastic, recycling, save electricity, South African government, UNEP
How the poor earn money from rubbish. Nokwanda Sotyantya sits among heaps of garbage and patiently sorts through it, separating cardboard, plastic, glass, paper and metal, piece by piece. The recycled piles of trash are then weighed and sold to packaging manufacturers in South Africa that reuse the materials to create new products. Sotyantya belongs […]
Ikea chooses less bulky, recyclable paper pallets
Latest News & Features carbon emissions, carbon footprint, Ikea, Ikea Canada, pallets, paper pallets, Pulp and Paper Canada
As part of its effort to reduce its carbon footprint, Ikea in Canada is now working with paper pallets in all its stores. Paper pallets are recyclable, designed to fit Ikea products and are optimized to fit trucks and containers so that the need to ship bulky wooden pallets back and forth is eliminated, says […]
Paper vs digital – Let’s get Stern about the facts
Latest News & Features, Uncategorized carbon dioxide, climate change, Earth Hour, emissions, environmental footprint, Going green, Sir Nicholas Stern, Stern Review
Ahead of Earth Hour on 31 March 2012, here are a few facts about the impact of digital communications versus its paper counterpart. So next time you need to read a really long document, it’s probably better to print it out. Sir Nicholas Stern, head of the Government Economic Service in the United Kingdom, released […]
Sustainable plantation management makes all the difference.
Latest News & Features climate change, FSC, International water day, Paper, plantation forestry, water, World water day
It’s World Water Day today, 22 March 2012. As the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA), we thought we would share some interesting facts about the forestry, pulp and paper industry which has made significant advances in terms of environmental sustainability over recent decades.
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The Thing About…Earth Day
Latest News & Features, Member Releases, Sustainability Resources biomass, Earth Day, environment, Paper, Renewable Energy, Sappi, sustainable forestry, timber, water
In honour of International Mother Earth Day (22 April), we wanted to draw your attention to Sappi’s YouTube video on sustainability and its importance to the successful longevity of Sappi’s business.
Sappi welcomes the selection as preferred bidder of the Ngodwana Energy biomass project
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Sappi Southern Africa CEO Alex Thiel welcomed the announcement made on Friday 10 April 2015 that Ngodwana Energy has been chosen as a preferred bidder in the Department of Energy’s 4th window REIPPPP.
International Day of Forests – The Paper Story (PAMSA)
Latest News & Features biodiversity, biomass, climate change, development, energy, forests, renewable, sustainability, trees, United Nations International Day of Forests, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
WASHINGTON – The theme of the 2015 United Nations International Day of Forests is “Forests and Climate Change.” The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) is proud to represent the global forest products industry and its commitment to climate change mitigation all along the value chain.
Paper recycling: 5 Tips – The Paper Story (PAMSA)
Latest News & Features cartons, landfill, Paper, recyclables, recycling
Think of all the paper products you touch every day – from the cereal box in the morning to your evening newspaper. Don’t just throw them in the rubbish bin! One tonne of recovered paper will save three cubic metres of landfill space so consider the difference you could make by recycling. Keep paper clean, […]
Love Printed Books
Printed books continue to create lasting memories In the age of endless options with multiple platforms to read, readers still find themselves drawn to printed books. According to a survey recently conducted by the Paarl Media Group to look at reading habits, an overwhelming 97% of respondents were able to recite fond memories of a book […]
Got paper? Recycle it.
Latest News & Features, Sustainability Resources carbon, greenhouse gases, landfill, Paper, recyclables, recycling
We connect with paper products every day – at home in the kitchen and bathroom; at the office; at the airport. But it is estimated that only 5% of South African households recycle their paper products. So what is the other 95% doing? Unfortunately their paper goes into the refuse bin and off to landfill. […]
Could Paper be the Solution to SA’s Maths Problem
Latest News & Features Angie Motshekga, Annual National Assessments, Department of Basic Education, education, Foundation phase, grade 9, mathematics, maths, PAMSA, Paper, RecyclePaperZA, recycling, SATeacher
On Thursday 4 December, Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga announced the results of the Annual National Assessments (ANA), noting that Grade Nine mathematics remained ‘our Achilles heel’. The ANA assessed the maths and language skills of more than seven million pupils in Grades One to Nine and found the Grade Nine class of 2014 […]
Mondi’s recycled NAUTILUS® Papers Awarded Buyers Lab Performance Certification
Latest News & Features, Member Releases BLI, Brother, Canon, certification, Epson, Kyocera, Mondi, Nautilus, Paper, printing, Ricoh
Consistent quality of NAUTILUS® SuperWhite and NAUTILUS® ReFresh externally verified Vienna, 06 October 2014 – Mondi’s recycled brands NAUTILUS® SuperWhite and NAUTILUS® ReFresh have been awarded with the Buyer’s Lab (BLI) performance certification based on independent testing across numerous digital imaging devices. Buyer’s Lab (BLI), the leading global independent office products test lab and business […]
Cutting beautiful pieces out of paper
Latest News & Features, Papercrafts
A little while back, we stumbled across a tweet by Sarah Denton (@PisazzCreations) when she shared one of her papercutting marvels. Born in England, Sarah spent eight years of her childhood in South Africa. Naturally we love the medium she was using so we asked her to share a little more about the art of […]
Clear the air by recycling paper
Latest News & Features air pollution, carbon dioxide, climate change, environment, Going green, greenhouse gas emissions, job creation, methane, newspaper, packaging, Paper, paper recycling, recyclables, RecyclePaperZA
A National Recycling Day message from the Paper Recycling Association of South Africa It is estimated that only 5% of South African households recycle their paper and cardboard. So what is the other 95% doing with it? A significant amount of recyclable paper is going to landfill every year. This paper degrades along with other […]