A serious approach to addressing climate change must include the proactive elimination of unnecessary paper consumption. Paper is an important and useful material that should be produced and consumed in a responsible and sustainable way, and the existence of digital options that can be utilized safely and effectively should lead to the elimination of outdated […]
Read MoreReducing 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 […]
Read MoreThe need to ensure transparency and oversight for government sponsored commodity marketing programs: The Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act is a start. By Environmental Paper Network – North America (EPN-NA) Cue the snappy catch phrases and animated characters designed to convince you that you need and love a product. You may not know what […]
Read MoreOriginally published on the website of Fern, an EPN member organisation on the Steering Committee of EPN-International I would have never imagined that a pandemic would reveal the difficulties of reconciling my love of pets with my love for forests. As the happy roommate of three large size dogs and a cat with the appetite […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreIn 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 […]
Read MoreCanopy 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 […]
Read MoreTwo years ago now, though it seems much longer than that, I traveled from the USA to Germany for a sustainable packaging conference organized by denkhausbremen and Environmental Paper Network – International. Over 60 people joined me, mostly from across Europe and the UK and also from China and Canada. We came together in a […]
Read MoreBefore 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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