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Focuses on Bay State Paper Co.'s reopening of a containerboard plant at the former Patriot Paper Co. mill in Boston, Massachusetts. Previous owners of Patriot Paper; Optimism of Bay State executives about the revival of Patriot Paper mill; Processing system at the facility. INSET: Recycling mill blooms in the desert, by R.S..

Reports on the use of paper mill sludge as daily cover at municipal solid waste landfills. Need to develop beneficial use technologies for paper mill sludge; Public/private initiatives; Project financing; Regulatory issues. INSET: Researching beneficial use technologies..

Focuses on the recycling of paper mill sludge in the United States. National Council of the Paper Industry for Air and Stream Improvement Inc.'s survey of solid waste management practices in the paper industry; Methods used to manage paper mill sludge; By-products of recycled paper mill sludge; Composting alternative for paper mill sludge. INSET: Characterization of paper mill sludge..

The article focuses on the digestability of Paper and paperboard (PPB) in the anaerobic digestion in the U.S. It mentions that the PPB is typically fabricated by processing wood through a series of mechanical and chemical steps. It also mentions that generic steps in the papermaking process include pulping, to separate and clean the fibers.

Reports on the addition of waste residuals from five paper mills to increase efficiency at the yard trimmings composting site in Springfield, Massachusetts. Collection responsibilities; Composting steps; Proactive odor management; Compost use.

Focuses on a large-scale pilot salmon and sportsfish carcass composting project in New York. Launch of the initiative by Oswego County's Division of Solid Waste to prevent pollution, create a beneficial soil additive and to conserve valuable landfill space; Demonstration of the performance and use of paper pulp as a composting bulk agent; Health and economic benefits of the project.

Reports on the plan of Staples Inc. to triple the amount of recycled material in its paper products in the U.S. Elimination of paper products obtained from endangered forests; Disclosure of timetable for raising the recycled content; Prices for the recycled-content paper of the company.

Focuses on the strategies to increase market demand for recycled paper content in the United States. President Bill Clinton's Executive Order No. 12873 that calls for federal agencies to purchase more recycled paper; Companies and organizations that have been pushing recycled paper procurement; Advertisement of recycled paper content in magazines.

Reports on the American Forest and Paper Association's forecast regarding the American papermaking industry. 2.5 annual expansion in total papermaking capacity from 1996 to 1998; Increased paper recovery; Establishment of new facilities to produce recovered paper and paperboard.

Reports on the progress made by the pulp and paper industry in Michigan in reducing pollution. Launch of the Pulp and Paper Pollution Prevention Project by the industry in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality; Commitment of the industry to the promotion of environmental improvement and sustainable economic growth in the state.

Reports on the financial recovery of paper mills in the United States. Reports from the American Forest and Paper Association; Recovery goal by the year 2000; Expansion of office paper recovery program; Incremental gains in the paper recovery rate.

Reports on New York State's environmental approval to a Bronx mill designed for producing newsprint from recovered paper collected by the City Department of Sanitation and private haulers.

Reports on developments in paper recycling in the United States as of July 1995. Scott Paper Co.'s opening in May 1995 of a recycled paper line and the first of two tissue machines in Owensboro, Kentucky; Port Townsend Paper Corp.'s plan for a pup facility for recycling.

Reports on Rhinelander, Wisconsin-based Rhinelander Agricultural Research Station's use of raw and composted paper mill sludge from Rhinelander Paper to improve soil. Trials conducted by the station that tests how potato production responds to treatment; Trial results convincing two commercial farms in the area to begin land application programs with sludge from the paper mill.

Highlights the plan of Franklin Township, Pennsylvania's materials recovery facility (MRF) to boost its paper output. Installation of conveyor sorting line for newspaper, corrugated and office paper.

Reports on the partnership between Ponderosa Fibers of America Inc. and Appleton Papers Inc. to build a cycled fiber pulp mill in Northampton, Pennsylvania.

Reports that the states of California, Connecticut, Colorado and Pennsylvania have adopted standards on recycled paper content of federally purchased printing and writing paper. Variations on preferred postconsumer content of products in other states.

Reports the expansion of Solvay Paperboard's plant, a manufacturer of liner board for the corrugated packaging industry in North Syracuse, New York. Date of its groundbreaking and construction completion; Production capacity of the plant; Significance of the expansion.

Reports that the 20-percent postconsumer purchasing standard for printing and writing paper adopted by President Bill Clinton's Administration is set to increase to 30 percent by yearend 1998. Standard for states to follow; Recycled products procurement program; Trends emerging from a study conducted by the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG).

Reports that new goal of recycling 65 percent of office paper by the year 2000 has been established during the 1996 Conference of Mayors in the United States.

Reports on the method developed by microbiologist at the University of Florida that turns waste paper into ethanol by fermenting it with genetically engineered bacteria. Features of the method; Comment by researcher Lonnie Ingram; Implications of the method's development.

Reports on the operation of a paper sorting plant in the Grays Ferry section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ownership; Facility's design and capacity.

Reports developments in the composting industry in the U.S. as of May 2003. Use of a Bollegraaft unit from Van Dyk Baler Corp. to handle all grades of recycled paper at a Smurfit Stone facility; Combination of spray-on planting materials with hardware to grow permanent vegetation; Development of Pennsylvania Navy Yard of system to convert residuals.

Part I. Reports on the analysis of recycling food/soiled paper residuals in residential and commercial streams in Seattle, Washington. Offer of insights on operating principles, economics and markets; Evaluation of technologies; Findings of the anaerobic digestion study.

Reports on the approval of the United States Food and Drug Administration for Starbucks Coffee Co. to use recycled content specifically for hot beverage cups. Completion of tests on recycled paper fiber; Production of paper for conversion into cups.

Focuses on the establishment of three special recycling awards to support the campaign of the paper industry to recover 55 percent of all paper consumed in the U.S. Changing of the name of the Recognizing Individual award to Ed Hurley Memorial Paper Recycling Award; Eligibility guidelines of communities and companies for the Recognizing Committee and Recognizing Business awards.

The article reports on the launch of a beverage cup ecotainer, made from all-natural materials, by the collaboration of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (GMCR) and International Paper Co. (IP) in the U.S. It stated that the ecotainer lining for the cup is made from corn-based polylactic acid, a more environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional hot cups coated with polyethylene (PE) plastic. The partnership between the companies began when GMCR was looking for a new supplier for its PE-based cups. Moreover, the ecotainer is now the standard cup that GMCR sells to customers who buy cups directly from GMCR.

Reports that the Biofine company has been operating a demonstration facility to convert paper sludge into levulinic acid in New York State. Conversion of the paper fraction of municipal solid waste; Uses of levulinic acid; Partnership with Pencor Environmental Ventures.

The article states that the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released survey results for 2007, which revealed that 87% of the U.S. population have access to curbside or drop-off recycling programs. Of that total figure, 62% have access to drop-off sites. AF&PA reports that existing recycling programs are increasingly recovering more grades of paper.

The article reports on the deal made by International Paper Co. with the National Park Foundation in the U.S. to provide commemorative cups using compostable ecotainers.

Reports on the drop in prices of recycled paper products in the United States. Factors in price reductions including seasonal shutdowns in paper mills; Price comparisons; Projections for the year 2000.

Reports on the publication of the US Environmental Protection Agency's March 1995 draft containing recommendations for government agencies when buying paper and paper products. Contact information.

This article discusses a partnership between the U.S. Postal Service and the Solid Waster Authority of Central Ohio to encourage mail recycling and limit waste paper disposal. This process will include reminders printed on outgoing mail indicating that it can be recycled. The development of a recycling that serves people opening their mail within post office lobbies is also presented.

Reports on the establishment of recycling awards to support recovery campaigns of the paper industry in the U.S. Recognition for the contribution of Ed Hurley to the industry; Requirements for award candidates; Contact information.

Presents news briefs related to the composting and recycling industry in the United States as of October 2001. Acquisition of Blo-Tech Systems company by Peterson Pacific Corp.; Creation of a line of biosolids processing equipment called the Cake Sludge Processor by Cemen Tech Inc.; Details on the volume of paper which have been recovered for recycling in 2000.

Presents information on a study by the Research International/Cambridge in June 1999 on how residential organic residuals are managed in Massachusetts. Yard trimming practices; Food residual management; Effect of the compost bin grant program on residential food residuals composting; Strategies in increasing the number of people who compost paper. INSET: HOME COMPOSTING OUTREACH.

Reports on the possible increase in the price of metric ton of newsprint in the United States on May 1995. Impact of the increased prices on the newspaper industry; Growing reliance on recycled paper as a raw material; Increasing complexity and expense of construction, transportation and waste disposal in populated areas.

Announces the discussion of composting and mulching at the 1997 pulp and paper industry conference. Provision of data on case studies; Presentation of national overview of benefits and opportunities from composting papermill sludge.

Reports on the decrease in value of major recovered paper grades in the United States during 1995. Expected improvements in 1996; Impact of changes in the economy on the prices of recovered paper.

Reports on setbacks of the Bronx Community Paper Company, a paper mill recycling project in New York City. Conflicts based on personalities, gender, race, ego, traffic and regulatory procedure; Lawsuit filed by a dissident local group under the New York Environmental Quality Review Act; Pullout of the company's subsidiary.

Reports on the cooperative activity for recycling the waste paper products of the Bay View Federal Bank building tenants in San Anselmo, California. Cooperation with the 4R (reduce, reuse, recycle, restore) program by the San Anselmo Refuse and Recycling and the San Anselmo Solid Waste; Methods of separating waste paper products.

Comments on the changing dynamics of mixed paper recycling in the United States. Increase in price of recycled mixed paper; Viable markets for mixed paper; Increasing per capital generation of residentially produced mixed paper; Opportunities in recycled mixed paper market.

Reports that Moore and Associates, an Atlanta, Georgia-based paper recycling consulting firm analyzed the impact of state minimum content standards on investments in recycled newsprint capacity. Mandatory standards passed by 14 states; Voluntary and other programs of other states; Pricing for old newspaper sale predicted to increase from 1997-2001.

Reports on the implementation of a paper recycling program at several post offices and mail processing plants within the Postal Service Atlanta District in Atlanta, Georgia. Projected recovery volumes; Reduction of waste disposal costs; Generation of revenue from the initiative.

Reports on the implications of the opening of Tulsa, Oklahoma-based commercial recycling centers, Continental Paper Recycling and Midland Recycling, on the city's recycling industry. Comments from Metropolitan Environmental trust officer Michael Patton.

Reports that the National Office Paper Recycling Project has launched a campaign called "Recycling at Work," targeted at office workers in Chicago, Illinois.

Reports that an enzyme deinking technology for postconsumer paper in Madison, Wisconsin, is being developed by the US Department of Agriculture's Forest Products Laboratory. Benefits; Process description; Feedback from researcher Tom Jeffries.

This article reports that many municipal solid waste composting projects are being launched in the U.S. The projects are based on residential separation of the compostable stream from recyclables and trash. One prevailing trend is to add source separated residential organics to existing yard trimmings collection programs. Alameda County, across the bay from San Francisco, California, has started a residential source separation program over the past few years. Recycling and composting programs in the county are supervised by Stop- waste.org. About $2.3 million have been spent on the purchase and distribution of kitchen containers for food scraps and public education. Three composting facilities in this region receive the household organics. These include the BFI Recyclery on Newby Island in San Jose, California, Grover Landscape Services, and Z-Best Composting. The cities of Oakland and Fremont in California are the two largest jurisdictions offering the program. Residents are asked to wrap food scraps in newspaper or place them in a paper bag.

Defends the benefits of recycling in the United States. Arguments of people who oppose recycling; Comparison of the views of United States and Europe on energy consumption; Benefit of recycling paper.

Provides information on the American Resource Recovery (ARR) vermicomposting operation in Newark, California. Discussion of the use of charred paper as a component of compost; Process of vermicomposting of feedstocks; Production capacity of ARR.