Swiss supplier of carton packaging and filling machines SIG Combibloc has announced the launch of its combibloc EcoPlus carton pack with a new lightweight combiCap screw cap. The cap weighs just 1.9g and is applied on an over-coated hole. ...
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Two certification organisations - the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes (PEFC) and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) - are presently making changes to the information required as part of their certification ...
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Buckeye Technologies Inc. announced the release of its 2012 Sustainability Report. This report (which summarizes calendar year 2011 results) highlights Buckeye's continuing efforts to reduce fossil fuel usage, water usage, solid waste ...
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HIGH POINT -- Luonto Furniture will have a new showroom and a larger product line at the High Point Market, and as a promotion will have a drawing for a chance to win a luxury, electric hybrid Fisker Karma sports car. This sectional is ...
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Fuji Xerox Australia has released the first-ever Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified and carbon neutral paper on the Australian market. Using the ISO 14044 standard, Fuji Xerox Australia has quantified the energy used through the ...
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Is there a role for logging in ensuring the future of the world’s tropical forests and their rich diversity of plants and animals? For many this idea is absurd, because timber production achieving conservation goals have long been ...
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Fuji Xerox Australia's sustainability manager Amanda Keogh has been appointed as the head of sustainability for Fuji Xerox's international business group. The international unit manages 12 Fuji Xerox operating companies in the Asia ...
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The surge in energy costs, the new direction toward renewable energy sources, and European initiatives to limit carbon emissions all have created a tremendous opportunity for North American wood pellets. In the wood products industry, ...
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Scientific Certification Systems has certified the Patneshwari Agricultural Co-Operative Limited under the internationally recognized Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) program, making it the first timber-producing forest in India to earn FSC ...
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TORONTO, Oct. 5, 2011 -- As LEED 2012 considers lower standards, award winners push green envelope TORONTO, Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) announced today at Greenbuild the best commercial and ...
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There are woods out there, both common species and exotic, that do not grow fast enough to be considered a rapidly renewable resource. But they can still be sustainable if the fall into one of two categories. If the woods are "certified, " ...
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