Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and Valpak join forces on research about paper and card packaging for the UK market, namely to track quantities recycled, recovered or remitted to landfill. With the aim of providing the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) with ‘robust and independent updated estimates’, Valpak and WRAP have started a collaboration […]
The fast growing consumption of pulp and paper in India has increased the demand for wood fiber for the domestic pulp industry in the country, reports Wood Resource Quarterly. With the lack of domestic pulpwood plantations, pulp manufacturers have increasingly been looking overseas to South Africa, Brazil, Australia and Southeast Asia, for much needed hardwood […]
The last few years have seen a marked rise in the use of corrugated packaging. Corrugated material has multiple applications in packaging, both secondary and primary, and billboards and stand-up displays. The market for the material is being further driven by environmental pressures as governments place more and more emphasis and legislation on the ecological […]