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It’s Time for Companies and Lawmakers to Act on the Packaging Crisis

Shortly after the road turned to dirt, a sign greeted us, painted in the timeless yellow and brown style of so many erected by the U.S. Forest Service throughout the national forest system. “First Tract of National Forest,” it announced. It’s a woods I know well, full of conservation history, wild water, tall trees, big, […]

Featured Member: Forum Ökologie Papier (FÖP)

Forum Ökologie Papier (FÖP) is based in Germany and a proud member of the Environmental Paper Network (EPN). This non-governmental organisation (NGO) is an association of paper experts which are committed to achieve a significant reduction in paper consumption. EPN reached out to FÖPs Evelyn Schönheit and Jupp Traut Tell us how you got started […]

Final Paper Reduction Rules by U.S. Department of Labor Will Save Billions of Dollars, Preserve Right to a Paper Option

The Environmental Paper Network supports the efforts of the United States Department of Labor to modernize the delivery of retirement plan information and the final rule: Default Electronic Disclosure by Employee Pension Benefit Plans Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The adoption of the rule will benefit retirees, save billions of dollars, achieve environmental […]

It’s Time for the U.S. Paper and Packaging Board to Tell the Whole Story

Applauding the growing call for more transparency in US commodity checkoff programs Tyson Miller, Forests Campaign Director, Stand.earth Anne Pernick, Reducing Consumption Coordinator, Environmental Paper Network Beth Porter, Climate Campaigns Director, Green America The U.S. Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB), like the National Pork Board and the American Egg Board, is one of the federal […]

Two ways to get companies to waste less paper over the holidays

Photo by chuttersnap on Unsplash Heading into the year-end holidays our list of to-do’s may include some gift-giving, some special cooking, and a lot of trying to save the world with our individual choices to cut consumption and avoid throwaway products and packaging. But what if we lived in a world where producers of goods and services stopped […]

The Fascinating and Useful Science of Human Behavior and Paper Reduction

From 2017-2019, Root Solutions trained more than 20 higher education institutions in how to use behavioral insights to save paper. The behavioral sciences – including research from the fields of cognitive science, conservation psychology, behavioral economics, social marketing, design thinking, and strategic communication – use an evidence-based approach to encouraging behavior change. Root Solutions is […]

Introducing #UnwrapTheTruth, A Call to Action to End Wasteful Use of Paper and Packaging

I don’t know if you’re like me…I love holding and reading a good paperback book, and then passing it on to a friend. All of us probably appreciate other high value uses of paper too, for art, education, sanitation and more. But having walked through enough landscapes around the world ravaged by the reckless elements […]

The Facts about the Paper Calculator

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. Summary The Paper Calculator is supported by a respected coalition of over 150 not-for-profit organizations working together toward […]

Bank of America life cycle study finds digital statements reduce environmental impact vs. paper

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 the study guided them to confidently inform customers that for those focused on […]