Welcome to the Environmental Paper Network’s Reports & Publications page.
Find all reports, briefings, factsheets, and other publications authored, or co-authored, by the Environmental Paper Network or the Biomass Action Network. For additional resources on biomass, including from partner organisations, please see our Biomass Info Library.
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The EU’s proposed packaging regulations challenge the booming single-use paper packaging industry. Reuse systems offer a sustainable alternative, creating jobs and reducing waste.
Date: October 2023
Topics: EU, Myth Busting, Packaging, Single-use
Rising demand for paper packaging is driving deforestation, pulp imports, and a shift from recycled to virgin fibers, worsening environmental impacts.
Date: October 2023
Topics: Deforestation, EU, Fibre Sourcing, Packaging
This report highlights that disposable paper-based food packaging is not a sustainable alternative to plastic. It exposes the environmental harms of paper packaging, including deforestation, high water and energy consumption, chemical contamination, and poor recyclability, urging policymakers to prioritize waste reduction over material substitution.
Date: September 2023
Topics: Deforestation, Food Packaging, Packaging, Plastic
Outdated federal policies mandate the printing and mailing of paper notices, needlessly wasting billions of sheets of paper each year. With one simple rule change, the U.S. Department of Labor could eliminate the printing and mailing of an estimated 11.4 billion sheets of paper each year.
Date: July 2023
Topics: E-Delivery, ERISA, Paper Reduction, US Policy
This report by EPN and Fern highlights businesses adopting reusable packaging, the challenges they face, and the need for stronger legislation to support reuse over single-use systems.
Date: June 2023
Topics: Legislation, Packaging, Reuse, Zero Waste
A peculiarity of UNFCCC and IPCC carbon accounting and reporting methodology is leading to unfair attribution of emissions from large-scale bioenergy, contributing to climate colonialism.
Date: June 2023
Topics: Biomass, Carbon Accounting, Climate Justice, IPCC, UNFCCC
Despite its well-publicized commitment to ‘No Deforestation’, Indonesia’s Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) Group still has deforestation in its pulp supply chain. RGE is also now linked to a new mega-scale pulp mill under construction in northeast Kalimantan, which is expected to threaten some of the world’s largest tropical rainforests.
Date: May 2023
Topics: Borneo, Deforestation, Indonesia, Pulp Mill, Royal Golden Eagle
This briefing from EPN, Fern, Zero Waste Europe and the Rethink Plastic Alliance critiques the rise of paper packaging as a substitute for single-use plastics, highlighting the environmental and social harms of increased paper use, and calls for stronger regulations to prioritize waste reduction and reusable systems.
Date: April 2023
Topics: EU, NGO, Packaging, Plastics, Waste Reduction
Facts, figures, and case studies illustrate why paper packaging is not a sustainable alternative to plastic and why reducing our packaging footprint is essential to protect forests, people and the climate.
Date: April 2023
Topics: Climate, Deforestation, Human Cost, Packaging
