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International ecolabelling report

Proposed amendments to the European Packaging directive, the new waste electronics directives, and new mercury laws passed in US states will make package labeling more complex, according to a new report Green Labeling: Global Guide for Marketers in the New Millennium from US consultants Raymond Communications. The report finds, for …

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US giant Staples plans move to recycled paper

In what could mark the beginning of a shift in how the paper industry does business, US office supply giant Staples, Inc. has committed to reducing its consumption of paper products made from endangered forests. The company’s new environmental paper procurement policy has won the endorsement of conservation groups that …

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Australia – plastic bag action

Australia’s Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Dr David Kemp, has welcomed progress being made to develop a national response to plastic bag waste. Following separate meetings of the national plastic bags working group and the National Packaging Covenant Council in Canberra, Dr Kemp said it was pleasing to see …

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