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The Paper Planet: Introducing the Ancient Forest Friendly Awards
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Thursday, July 07, 2011. Introducing the Ancient Forest Friendly Awards. Environmental Paper Network member, Canopy. Awards will celebrate a company’s progress climbing the Environmental Paper Network’s approved. Including the use of papers found in Canopy’s. Conservation Supporters will also be recognized for their action in supporting protection of the. World’s remaining ancient forests. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What's In Your Paper? Feeds for The Paper Planet. The Story of Stuff Blog. The 2...
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The Paper Planet: Association of Alternative Newsmedia Endorses Environmental Vision at Annual Meeting
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011. Association of Alternative Newsmedia Endorses Environmental Vision at Annual Meeting. At its annual July convention in New Orleans. 8220;The AAN is showing its leadership in the industry by endorsing the Environmental Vision,” said Shannon Binns, Green Press Initiative. 8220;It’s not just a step towards a more sustainable industry, but one that’s more viable too.”. 8220;Endorsing the Vision sends a strong message to newsprint suppliers that publishers are interested in where t...
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The Paper Planet: The 2011 State of the Paper Industry Report: Steps Toward an Environmental Vision
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Thursday, July 14, 2011. The 2011 State of the Paper Industry Report: Steps Toward an Environmental Vision. The report is a follow-up to the EPN’s landmark report published in 2007, The State of the Paper Industry: Monitoring the Indicators of Sustainability, which established the key indicators to monitor the industry. Both reports measure the progress and challenges of the industry and conservationists toward achieving the EPN’s Common Vision for Transforming the Paper Industry. Thanks for this post...
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The Paper Planet: Environmental Paper Network Applauds Senate Resolution 251 For Improved Recycling
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Tuesday, August 09, 2011. Environmental Paper Network Applauds Senate Resolution 251 For Improved Recycling. 8220;In today’s political environment, this is a positive step forward to building the foundation of support for the US recycling industry,” stated Pam Blackledge of the Environmental Paper Network’s RePaper Project. Along with Environmental Paper Network. Media Contact: Pam Blackledge. The bill calls for needed improvement to the current collection, processing, manufacturing and consuming of recy...
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The Paper Planet: Communities Tackling Unwanted Phone Books, Junk Mail
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Tuesday, August 02, 2011. Communities Tackling Unwanted Phone Books, Junk Mail. The Town of Brookline and the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts have joined a national waste reduction movement allowing residents to opt out of receiving unwanted mail and phone books via their municipal websites. Owing to a collaboration between the Boston-based Product Stewardship Institute. PSI), which initiated the project, and Catalog Choice. Residents can reach the registry directly at: https:/ cambridge. More than 650,...
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The Paper Planet: Dogwood Alliance: EPA’s Decision Not to Regulate Biomass Carbon Emissions is a Big Mistake
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Dogwood Alliance: EPA’s Decision Not to Regulate Biomass Carbon Emissions is a Big Mistake. 8220;While there is a real and urgent need to reduce our dependence on coal and foreign oil, burning forests is not the answer,” said Danna Smith, Executive Director of Dogwood Alliance. “Allowing this industry to run rampant while mounting science is documenting that industrial-scale burning of bioenergy for electricity will accelerate carbon emissions, threaten human healt...We’re i...
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The Paper Planet: Spitballs And Recycled Paper
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Thursday, July 21, 2011. Spitballs And Recycled Paper. The Paper Planet welcomes a guest column by Frank Locantore of the Green America Better Paper Project. Part of a series highlighting the work of members of the Environmental Paper Network. Spitballs And Recycled Paper. Why every seventh grader knows recycled paper is better for the environment. Credible science backs up the spit-balling, environmentally intuitive seventh grader. The seminal Paper Task Force Report. Found is that: read on. Paper mill ...
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The Paper Planet: Congressional Briefing Shows Connection Between Recycling and Jobs
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Friday, August 05, 2011. Congressional Briefing Shows Connection Between Recycling and Jobs. Senator Carper of Delaware. Co-Chair of the Senate Recycling Caucus. On Thursday, July 28. The panel of spea. Kers included Senator Carper along with representatives from Axion International (NJ. HiTech Assets (OK), the Institute for Scrap Recycling Industries (DC), Pratt Industries (GA), and the National Recycling C. Oalition-affiliated state recycling organization, the California Resource Recovery. This is a po...
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The Paper Planet: June 2011
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Monday, June 27, 2011. Metro Montreal first to guarantee all FSC certified newsprint. Today, Metro Montreal,. The most-read newspaper on the island of Montreal,. Begins printing exclusively on Forest Stewardship Council ( FSC. Certified paper as part of a new environmental policy launched in collaboration with North American environmental organization, Canopy. 8220;This is no greenwash; Metro Montreal is a newspaper walking the talk,” says Tara Sawatsky, Corporate Campaigner at Canopy. “B...It is unfortu...
