by Joshua Martin | Jul 16, 2019 | EPN-North America, Maximise Recycled, Reducing Consumption, Transparency and Integrity
As the owner and manager of the Paper Calculator, the Environmental Paper Network would like to take this opportunity to address recent communications from paper industry-related groups that include misleading and inaccurate information regarding the Paper Calculator....
by Joshua Martin | Jul 8, 2019 | Reducing Consumption
Last year, Bank of America set out to follow a scientific method and seek independent review of a life cycle assessment study to calculate the comparative carbon emissions and water consumption impacts of digital statements compared to paper statements. The results of...
by Peter Gerhardt | Apr 16, 2019 | Reducing Consumption
Paper packaging is the main driver of the persistently high paper consumption in Germany, and around the world. The majority is used to support the booming online retail sector. In 2017, for example, almost half of German paper consumption was for packaging (9.9...
by Sergio Baffoni | Mar 1, 2019 | Reducing Consumption, Responsible Virgin Fibre
At a time when forest protection to fight climate change is a clear and critical opportunity, we are seeing plans and investments for quite the opposite. After over two years of stagnation, the virgin pulp industry is booming. The list that follows below, highlights...
by Anne Pernick | Oct 9, 2018 | EPN-North America, Reducing Consumption
Do you know how much money the public spends to manage phone books in the U.S.? Or how many trees are lost to make them? Hear from Megan Byers in this video on the many big impacts of unwanted phone books. Megan is the Associate for Policy, Programs, and Outreach at...
by Anne Pernick | Oct 2, 2018 | EPN-North America, Reducing Consumption
Unwanted junk mail is more than a nuisance; it’s the cause of a great deal of waste. Hear from Brett Chamberlin of The Story of Stuff Project about the many reasons we should opt out of junk mail. Brett runs the Catalog Choice program which helps individuals and...
