It is a recognized fact that recycled paper has less impact on the environment than virgin paper, requiring fewer trees, less water and less energy. The more ambiguous carbon repercussions of paper manufacturing pursued Cascades to calculate and compare the carbon footprint of its recycled fine papers.
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The European Plastics Recyclers body in Brussels welcomes the overall European wide target to increase recycling of
plastics by 2020. “The revision of the European Waste Framework Directive sets a clear hierarchy of waste treatment as
well as a target of 50% for recycling of plastics from household streams and asks Member States to set-up separate
collection schemes for plastics according to Bernard Merkx, EuPR President. Member States should not lose the
momentum to do this straight away in close cooperation with the plastics recycling industry.”
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Cascades Inc. (“Cascades” – CAS-TSX) announced today that the merger of the recycled boxboard operations of its European subsidiary Cascades SA and Reno De Medici S.p.A. has been approved by the competition authorities in Germany and Italy.
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To support customers who have a commitment to environmental protection, Rexam today features three major lines of product innovation for its make-up packaging business:
1) the injection of corn-based resin
2) the injection of wood-based resin
3) the design and manufacture of refillable packagings
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