by Joshua Martin | Oct 18, 2019 | Cleaner Production, Social Responsibilty
On the shoreline of the Northumberland Strait in Nova Scotia, in the 1960’s, an important area for culture and sustenance known as A’se’k to the Mi’kmaq, was stolen to construct an effluent treatment facility for a pulp mill. They were told it would...
by Peter Gerhardt | Feb 19, 2019 | Cleaner Production
ANSES, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety is ringing the alarm bell. Tests conducted in France on disposable diapers identified several chemicals measuring above the safety threshold – according information recently...
by Rune Leithe | Mar 14, 2018 | Cleaner Production, Transparency and Integrity
In the past year, scientists and health professionals have voiced growing concern over the potential risks of using tampons and other personal hygiene products such as diapers. A new briefing paper titled, Why the toxic tampon issue isn’t going away, summarizes...
by Joshua Martin | Jan 3, 2018 | Cleaner Production
Northern Pulp, a company owned by Paper Excellence, an affiliated company of the Sinar Mas Group, has been making news for bad behavior again in Canada. Recently, the Globe and Mail reported on the story of how a the company successfully shut down a signing event by...
by Sergio Baffoni | Aug 11, 2017 | Cleaner Production
APRIL’s subsidiary PT RAPP incurred in an administrative sanction for serious breach of toxic waste regulations. Despite the company claims to have addressed the problem, a recent supervision by the ministry revealed that the company is still not yet in...
by Joshua Martin | May 9, 2017 | Cleaner Production, EPN-North America, Maximise Recycled, Media Release, Responsible Virgin Fibre
As a growing number of manufacturers seek to meet the growing market for environmental papers and packaging, Canopy launched its updated Ecopaper Database today. The much-anticipated 2017 iteration of this online resource features more than 450 printing and writing...
