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Entrepreneurs are Hot on the Kenaf Paper Trail Doing without paper is an untenable solution, even for the most dedicated environmentalist. However, doing without trees as a source of paper [...]

February 24--'Green Monday'--saw the Government finally publish its Energy White Paper. 'The UK will lead the world in developing cleaner, greener energy to benefit generations to come,' lauded DTI Secretary [...]

A short two years ago, recycled paper was an option considered seriously only by highly committed eco-pioneers. For the rest of the magazine industry, its use was out of the [...]

If humans are to find peace on this earth they must seek peace among themselves and examine their relationship with all life. The Anishinabe people of Sagkeeng (mouth of the [...]

IN MAY, NEW Jersey became the first state to ban single-use bags made from plastic or paper in large grocery stores. The new ban lumps both types of totes together, [...]

Pulp and paper manufacturers were among 1,000 business across England and Wales contacted by The Environment Agency in the first stage of implementing a European-wide emissions trading scheme in the [...]

Why printers must imp rove their scorekeeping Roger Dickeson wrote 'War on Waste' ('WoW') in 1974. Thanks to the paper shortage of the mid-1970s, and the combined efforts of Dickeson [...]

Mills find value investing in-and promoting-- environmental conservancy. Paper companies are creating an image of corporate citizenry by promoting environmental protection. At the same time, industry consolidation has created even [...]

Environmentalists Team Up to Reform the Magazine Industry When it comes to promoting ecological destruction, toxic pollution and wastefulness on a large scale, it's hard to beat the magazine industry. [...]

Americans take pride in our nation's leadership on issues from business to environmental protection. Often it's warranted. Yet this publication-while itself enhancing conservation knowledge and commitment-offers striking evidence that America [...]

And finally, there is no doubt climate change is now firmly on everyone's lips, and about time too. But you would expect the Ecology Building Society to be ahead of [...]

Xerox Corp. announced the availability of what it calls the industry's first recyclable ream wrapper for cut-sized paper. This new ream wrapper, which should be recycled with corrugated waste, eliminates [...]

Why isn't this magazine on recycled paper?' This question is regularly asked in the thousands of letters we receive in response to Times Mirror Magazines Conservation Council editorials. The answer [...]

The American Forest & Paper Association, Washington, D.C., has announced a new paper recovery goal of 55% of all paper consumed in the United States by 2012, an increase from [...]

For the past two years, ReThink Paper has participated in 'The Paper Campaign,' targeting the Staples company to improve its environmental policy. Efforts included more than 600 protests at Staples [...]

The American Forest and Paper Association, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), seeks to recycle 55 percent of all paper consumed in the United States by 2012. [...]

As public interest in 'tree-free' paper has grown, some companies within the pulp and paper industry have seized upon tropical bamboo as a 'green' alternative to virgin wood fiber. But [...]

At the Energy Saving Trust we believe the Government's Energy White Paper marks an historic turning point in the way in which we use energy and reduce our impact upon [...]

A decidedly modest proposal by some of the nation's biggest paper purchasers--including Time Inc.--to study ways of spurring demand for Earth-friendly products has split the publishing industry. The plan is [...]

Among the vast assortment of recyclable forest and paper products touted for their post-consumer content, high-grade printing and writing papers (the magazine industry's staple) are getting, well, trashed by the [...]

Support for the UK public and private sector is key to reducing carbon emissions through funding, backing technological innovation and by encouraging more efficient working practices. Through Action Energy we [...]

RECYCLED PAPER TYPICALLY suffers from a porridgelike, mealy finish. But sacrificing a sparkling surface to save a tree no longer is necessary, thanks to a new de-inking technology. In April [...]

Stephen Pekich, director of operations for school publishing at Houghton Mifflin, described the call for increased use of recycled paper as involving environmental and economic contradictions. In addition, he said, [...]

Although the computer revolution threatens to reduce entire volumes of text to small compact disks, people still desire the sensation of curling up in a quiet comer with a magazine. [...]

JWP Energy Products, Inc., a provider of waste-to-energy systems, has announced the start-up and successful commercial operation of the first atmospheric fluidized bed in North America designed to fire 100% [...]

The main role to be played by energy policies in the new development model for the European Union is in the area of trans-European networks (TENs). The Commission believes that developing energy networks will encourage energy efficiency, thus making European industry more competitive. It estimates that around 30 billion Ecus will have to be invested in improving electricity and gas networks in the period to the year 2000, and has highlighted eight priority schemes. In the area of environmental policy, the Delors white paper on Growth, Competitiveness and Employment looks at the concept of ways of dealing with pollution being used to deal with unemployment and encourage growth.

The U.S. EPA says it has issued a draft white paper detailing the health and environmental risks and benefits of nanomaterials. EPA says that the paper will be reviewed by [...]

European Union (EU) member state officials released a report last week detailing the expected challenges regulators will face when implementing the EU White Paper on chemicals policy. The report summarizes [...]

An estimated $8.8-billion in U.S. exports would be 'at risk for bans or severe restrictions' if the European Union (EU) adopts its proposed White Paper on chemicals regulation, says a [...]

The European Parliament has voted to drop several proposals to tighten environmental regulations contained in the European Commission's white paper on future chemical policies. The parliament voted to scrap the [...]

Of the energy efficiency improvements needed (beyond those already committed as part of the Climate Change Programme) half are expected to come from households and half from business and the [...]

The Prime Minister showed his commitment to putting sustainable development at the heart of Government policy and hailed a 'step change in the UK's energy strategy over the next 50 [...]

The European Union's proposed chemicals policy is 'a serious threat to research' for European universities and chemistry research institutes, says Francois Diederich, head of chemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute [...]

European Union (EU) environment commissioner Margot Wallstrom and EU enterprise commissioner Erkki Liikanen disagree over whether some categories of chemicals should be excluded from the commission's proposed chemicals policy White [...]

The EU has drafted a white paper to promote renewables, such as solar and wind power, doubling the amount of electricity generated by them to 12% by [...]