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Paper Promotes Peace

(First Glance)

February 28, 2009, ... to a Brooklyn, NY, company, Mr. Ellie Pooh, which sells gift boxes, journals, and stationery made from Sri Lankan elephant dung and post-consumer paper. The award recognizes the extraordinary leadership ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Magazine)

December 31, 2008, ...  Substrates ‘Green’ In Many Ways The RafEco product range includes 23 products that are each constructed with a variety of certified face papers, post-consumer waste face papers, biodegradable films, ...

Film- and Foil-Free Materials Help Reduce Carbon Footprint

(News Eclips)

May 29, 2008, ... notes that Unifoil’s recyclable packaging and printing papers and boards can be made from recycled post-consumer waste, which helps further reduce a company’s carbon footprint and makes them even more ...

DuPont Awards Recognize Packaging Innovation

(News Eclips)

May 29, 2008, ... packaging. The notables include: The first polypropylene container made of 100 percent post-consumer recycled material. A new cosmetic applicator made entirely of a single material for easier ...

Trail Blazing

(Green Converting)

March 31, 2008, ... packaging. Made in a bright white shade and featuring exceptional surface uniformity for high print clarity and fidelity, Envi FBB is made with 80% post-consumer waste (PCW), reportedly among the highest ...

What's New Product

(Magazine)

March 31, 2008, ... and brightness. Company says the manufacturing process requires less water, less energy, fewer chemicals, and fewer trees. Line includes a wide range of sizes, weights, and levels of post-consumer content. ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Label/Tape)

February 29, 2008, ... sheet printer labels is manufactured with 100% post-consumer recycled and certified processed chlorine-free facestock, recyclable backing material, and recyclable permanent adhesive. Pinnacle's proprietary ...

February Carton & Box Reporter

(Carton Box)

January 31, 2008, ... thermoformed plastic. EnviroGuard is made entirely of paperboard containing recycled and post-consumer content fibers. Survey Addresses Productivity & Waste ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL The Fibre Box Assn. ...

Green with Envi

(Bag Pouch)

January 22, 2008, Retailers looking to improve their eco-profile may want to check out Envi by Monadnock Shopping Bag, a line of substrates that can be made with up to 100% post-consumer waste (the initial introduction ...

KBA and xpedx Form Marketing Agreement

(Archive)

November 18, 2007, ... press demonstrations, education and training seminars, and print tests. Xpedx is a distributor of post-consumer waste and recycled content printing papers in North America. It also offers a variety of ...

5 Steps to Green

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... 46% Over the past decade, recycled paper—which can include post-industrial waste, post-consumer waste (PCW), totally recycled fiber, or blends of each—has greatly improved in quality. In many cases, ...

Be A Good Citizen

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... waste and energy use, including eliminating “double cupping” by using beverage sleeves made of up to 60% post-consumer recycled fiber, and utilizing wind power to reduce reliance on oil and coal. “CSRs ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... environmentally friendly manner. The traditional thermoformed DVD case is replaced with 100% post-consumer recycled cardboard jackets fitted in clear sleeves made from 1.6-mil EarthFirst PLA film from ...

Mohawk Bestows Windpower Parternship Awards

(Archive)

March 14, 2007, ... pounds—15% PCW Mohawk 50/10 - manufactured with wind-generated electricity. Savings derived from using post-consumer recycled fiber in lieu of virgin fiber: 25.68 trees not cut down 2,376 lbs. atmospheric ...

Mountain Valley Adds Recycling Capacity

(Archive)

December 14, 2005, ... Valley Recycling has added a new processing line to its existing production facility in Morristown, TN. The company specializes in recycling post-consumer films such as grocery and retail bags, stretch ...

Reclying Plastic Materials

(Archive)

June 20, 2005, ...  Recycling of post-consumer greenhouse PE films—Blends with polyamide-6. Recycling of plastics from urban solid wastes—Comparison between blends from virgin and recovered from waste polymers. Management ...

Materials

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... Papers, Hamilton, OH; 513/869-5155; smartpapers.com In an expansion of its Knightkote Matte line of premium coated papers, company introduces product featuring 30% post-consumer waste fibers. Also features ...

Exercising Environmental Responsibility: Part 3

(Unprinted Rolls)

November 30, 2003, ... in both pre-consumer and post-consumer use. Pre-consumer use refers to the reuse of items during the manufacturing process. Some items such as scrap from an extrusion process may be good candidates ...

Flexible Packaging & European Disposal Laws

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2003, ... direct and active role in regulating the disposal of packaging wastes. The EU packaging directive implements extended producer responsibility principles, which place the burden for mitigating post-consumer ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... papers of comparable weights. Initially it will be offered in 70# and 80# text weights, with variations to follow. This recycled paper meets the US government standard for 30% post-consumer waste equivalency, ...