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#Jobs: EPN-North America seeks candidates for Reducing Consumption Coordinator position

 Reducing Consumption Coordinator The Environmental Paper Network-North America is seeking a candidate to join our network team and help shape the future of paper consumption in North America and beyond. The Reducing Consumption Coordinator will lead our “Paper Use Efficiency Project” and work closely with Environmental Paper Network staff and member organizations on strategic educational […]

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Earth Day, Ditching Disposables, and “The Guy Who Decides Packaging”

The packaging crisis is really serious. The Guy Who Decides Packaging videos are not. Both show we need major change The Environmental Paper Network’s new resource for decision-makers, SolvingPackaging.org, lays out the reasons we need to solve the packaging crisis and presents the solutions that are already here. The site explores what’s really working, and […]

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Can certification save the world’s last remaining forests?

In the lead up to the International Day of Forests on 21st March, a new Greenpeace study goes beyond the discussion of specific failures and weaknesses of individual certification schemes, and raises the question of whether certification is still a useful tool in its current format, or if new paths towards forest protection should be […]

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Featured Member: Canopy

Canopy works with the forest industry’s biggest customers and their suppliers to develop business solutions that protect the world’s Ancient and Endangered Forests. The not-for-profit is a founding member of the Environmental Paper Network. EPN reached out to Lee-Ann Unger – Senior Corporate Campaigner at Canopy. EPN: Hi Lee-Ann, would you explain how you got […]

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188 groups say it’s time to ‘make the throw-away go away’

Before the 1950s and 1960s, the majority of the products we produced and consumed were built to last. Milk bottles made of glass were returned and sterilized for re-use, restaurants offered ceramic plates and stainless-steel cutlery and the plastic bag was yet to be invented. But since then, as technology progressed we have developed an […]

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EPN and Leading Experts Launch SolvingPackaging.org to Accelerate the Shift to Sustainable Packaging

Asheville, NC – The Environmental Paper Network-North America launched SolvingPackaging.org today to accelerate the solutions to the packaging crisis. SolvingPackaging.org brings together the expertise of leading conservation, zero waste and public health organizations, with the inspiration of sustainable packaging success stories and cutting-edge business innovations. It offers case studies, guidance, and other resources for companies, […]

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