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Innovation and Design

New Bioeconomy Market Grows From Biodegradable Paper

September 4th, 2014 | by Aisha Abdelhamid

Across the globe, there is a bioeconomy beginning to mature. For example, approximately 15 million hectares of agricultural land are [&hellip

Climate Change

Element Media’s Print Publications Go Carbon Neutral

July 10th, 2013 | by Scott Cooney

Element Media, publishers of a variety of magazines focused on the Honolulu market, this week announced a partnership with Hawaiian [&hellip

Humor

Setting Achievable Green Goals at Your Company

August 28th, 2012 | by Scott Cooney

Thanks to our friends at Dilbert for this one. In our sometimes overzealous approach to [&hellip

Activism

Paper: Recycle It or Bury It?

August 3rd, 2012 | by Heidi Tolliver-Walker

This will probably get me drummed out of Greenpeace, but I’m increasingly of the opinion that the greenest thing to [&hellip

Corporate Social Responsibility

Greenwashers Beware: Two Sides Launches in the United States

June 22nd, 2011 | by Heidi Tolliver-Walker

Two Sides, an environmental advocacy group known for holding greenwashing marketers’ feet to the fire in the United Kingdom, has [&hellip

Recycling

When Is Junk Mail Going to Disappear?

May 10th, 2011 | by Jonathan Banco

About 7 months ago, following grad school I relocated to the great (not state although some are trying) District of [&hellip

Corporate Social Responsibility

You want logos? They have logos

March 24th, 2011 | by Heidi Tolliver-Walker

Both marketers and consumers are asking to know more about the paper they use today — who made it, how [&hellip

Corporate Social Responsibility

Study: Banks, Telecoms, Utilities Risk Greenwashing Sanctions for Promoting e-Billing

February 13th, 2011 | by Heidi Tolliver-Walker

Greenwashing sanctions for promoting e-billing? New research is making the case that major U.K. corporates are flouting advertising regulations and [&hellip

Corporate Social Responsibility

Looking for a Green Resolution for 2011? Could It Be Laying Off the Recycled?

January 12th, 2011 | by Heidi Tolliver-Walker

Did you know that in the paper community, it’s an open secret that recycled paper has a higher carbon footprint [&hellip

Corporate Social Responsibility

Is Plastic Paper Good for the Environment?

January 3rd, 2011 | by Heidi Tolliver-Walker

Recently, I was reading one of those business-to-business online discussions and someone asked for recommendations on tree-free paper. One of [&hellip