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It’s been more than a year since my wife, Amy, passed on unexpectedly, and I just realized that I haven’t officially closed the book on this website. A subscriber who is getting back into the…
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Sonoco to expand EnviroCan recycling
Sonoco Products said it is expanding recovery and recycling of scrap materials from the production of its EnviroCan paper containers in the U.S. The collected paper cans will be used… Thank you for checking us…
Turkish mill to expand containerboard production
The Voith Group said it has received an order to supply a complete paper production line based on recovered old corrugated containers (OCC) to Modern Karton, in Turkey. The high… Thank you for checking us…
Popular Science paper article is ‘tired myth,’ Two Sides says
Two Sides North America, a non-profit organization dedicated to dispelling environmental misconceptions, attacked Popular Science for a recent article that charged that paper is “wildly unsustainable,” saying that the article is misleading and contains “tired…
E-commerce giants urged to reduce plastic packaging
A group of U.S. senators have sent a letter to Amazon, Walmart, Apple, Home Depot, Target, Wayfair, Best Buy and Costco – the largest e-commerce companies in the country –… Thank you for checking us…
Sonoco to divest Europe packaging business
Sonoco has signed an agreement to sell its Europe contract packaging business to Prairie Industries Holdings, a Wisconsin-based contract packaging and contract manufacturing firm backed by The Halifax Group, a… Thank you for checking us…
MerQbiz launches next generation BaleVision
MerQbiz, an analytics company that serves the recovered paper supply chain, has launched the next generation of its BaleVision quality assessment and analytics product suite. The launch includes data products… Thank you for checking us…
India is the world’s highest waste generator
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had last week launched a week-long garbage-free India campaign in the run-up to Independence Day. Announced on August 8, Modi had said his government’s ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ was key in supporting…
Philadelphia mixed recyclables with trash to deal with backup
As Philadelphia’s sidewalks became choked with trash in recent weeks, and storms drenched recycling buckets, sanitation workers who could not keep up with the volume began commingling the refuse and recycling together, according to a…
EPA grant aims to reduce paper waste
The U.S. EPA has issued a Multipurpose grant (MPG) to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources to analyze and review Underground Injection Control (UIC) permits. The state has developed a… Thank you for checking us…