Recycled
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Cascades launches a 100% recycled, recyclable cardboard food tray
Patented water-based barrier coating protects it against humidity to enhance the packaging efficiency.
After plastics charter, Ottawa looking at curbing own use to reduce garbage
G7 nations signed a Canadian-driven plastics charter that commits to keeping plastic out of landfills by 2040.
SpaceX 1st: Recycled rocket soars with recycled capsule
NASA’s first use of a reused Falcon rocket and only the second of a previously flown Dragon.
Cascades invests $4.5M in two packaging plants
Machinery upgrades aim to increasing market share in the food packaging sector.
$45M for GESI’s Alberta energy project
Green Energy Solution Industries (GESI) Inc. is working with a company in the US to put together $45 million of funding for a renewable energy project in Alberta using wood waste.
Another Norampac corrugated converter to close
Cascades Inc. is closing its Norampac plant in Le Gardeur, Que. as it continues to consolidate the division’s corrugated converting operations in the province.
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Cascades invests in $430M NY mill
Cascades Inc.’s Norampac division is building a $430 million containerboard mill in New York State.
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Novelis attacks its carbon footprint
Novelis plans to significantly reduce its carbon footprint by expanding the use of recycled aluminum, increasing post-consumer recycling and developing new alloys with high recycled content.
Fire consumes half of mill’s waste paper inventory
Catalyst Paper’s Snowflake Mill in northeast Arizona has shut down production following a fire Monday that destroyed approximately 14,000 tonnes of recovered waste paper.
Wood product manufacturer meets California standards
LAVAL, Que.: Uniboard Inc’s manufacturing facility in Val-d’Or, Que. has been certified by the Composite Panel Association (CPA) for meeting the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) Phase 2 emissions standards. The manufacturer of engineered wood products made with particleboard says…
