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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.
Washington forest products workers applaud bill that qualifies biomass as renewable energy
Latest News & Features carbon dioxide, Carbon Impact, FSC, plantation forestry, Renewable Energy, sustainable
OLYMPIA, WA, March 8, 2012 (PRNewswire) -Governor Gregoire signed SB 5575, sponsored by Senator Hatfield, which helps preserve the good wage-paying jobs offered by the forest products industry. Organic by-products of the pulping process now qualify as renewable energy. In addition, the legislation changes the law to provide adequate recognition for biomass energy facilities as […]
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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.
Washington forest products workers applaud bill that qualifies biomass as renewable energy
Latest News & Features carbon dioxide, Carbon Impact, FSC, plantation forestry, Renewable Energy, sustainable
OLYMPIA, WA, March 8, 2012 (PRNewswire) -Governor Gregoire signed SB 5575, sponsored by Senator Hatfield, which helps preserve the good wage-paying jobs offered by the forest products industry. Organic by-products of the pulping process now qualify as renewable energy. In addition, the legislation changes the law to provide adequate recognition for biomass energy facilities as […]