Two Sides Submitted: Kathi Rowzie May 6, 2021 You’ve seen them in popular periodicals, industry newsletters and in your email: some self-interested group announces the completion of a “scientific comparison” that “proves” the superiority of an alternative material or “environmentally friendly” substitute for paper or paper-based packaging. The study appears Read more…
by Sheldon Gibson, BOND Reproductions We need to look at a lot of the myths and feelings we have around printing sustainability and harvesting trees that we carry with us from the past. What does the term ‘tree friendly’ imply? Does it mean that it is somehow environmentally responsible – Read more…
twosidesna.org The benefits of paper recycling include extending the supply of wood fiber, saving landfill space, avoiding greenhouse gas emissions of methane released when paper decomposes in landfills [methane has a global warming potential 25 times greater than carbon dioxide], and reducing the amount of energy needed to produce some Read more…
rolland.com As the corporate world continues to examine how to reduce its environmental footprint, and more businesses set strategies with climate change in mind, it is imperative they use energy in a way that’s clean, sustainable, and renewable during their manufacturing processes. At Rolland, we’re committed to industry-leading product quality, Read more…
Domtar Newsroom Accelerated by recent events, e-commerce sales continue to boom as today’s consumers purchase more of the products they use every day online — from the clothes they wear to the meals they eat. Unfortunately, this has increased concerns about unnecessary packaging waste and ever-greater levels of plastic pollution. Read more…
From Dieline | By: Bill McCool on 09/09/2020 || “Hemp grows rapidly, maturing in as quickly as 90 days. Turning hemp into pulp requires fewer chemicals, water, and energy than wood.” “Making paper with straw eliminates the need for ‘fall burns’ set by farmers to clear straw from their fields, creating acrid smoke and Read more…
Domtar Newsroom Paper often gets a bad rap, but despite fears about paper’s impact on the environment, it’s actually a practical and sustainable choice for many parts of daily living. We’re learning more about the benefits of supplementing technology with print when it comes to education, estate planning and even celebrating Read more…
lovepaperna.org Paper recycling extends the life of renewable wood fiber, keeps waste out of landfills and avoids greenhouse gas emissions that result when paper products are landfilled. The U.S. paper industry continues to drive toward a recycling rate that exceeds 70%. [2] From a practical perspective, the theoretical maximum recycling Read more…
https://www.mohawkconnects.com/mohawk-renewal Mohawk Renewal papers redefine sustainable papermaking by using rapidly renewable hemp and straw fibers plus recycled cotton reclaimed from t-shirt and denim. Mohawk Renewal is also manufactured with 100% renewable energy sources. Today, Mohawk Renewal represents a fresh expression of what responsible papermaking can look like. HEMP Hemp, unlike Read more…
China almost killed the market when it stopped buying U.S. waste, but environmentally aware shoppers are coming to the rescue. Source: Bloomberg The epiphany came when a certain coffee chain started replacing plastic straws with paper ones. Despite increasingly dire warnings about Texas-size islands of plastic in the world’s oceans, the sudden public debate over straws was Read more…