Final Word

A few weeks ago, it was announced that The European Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement to make packaging more sustainable and reduce packaging waste in the EU.

Industrial waste heat from a local paper plant is being used to keep Ottawa-area buildings warm.

The Government of Ontario announced that it's investing more than $9.4 million in 14 research, innovation and modernization projects in forest biomass.

There have been a lot of interesting investments announced recently.

Paper and batteries

New developments in innovation

Carbon projects

Company to use autonomous forklifts in the U.S.

FPInnovations announces the successful completion of the baseline tests of the truck platooning project

Canada is experiencing its most destructive wildfire season on record. What can we learn from this?

Electric timber trucks

There are several innovative projects under way for energy reduction and renewable energy in the pulp and paper industry.

More paper bottles

The Frogmore Paper Mill in Apsley, UK is making paper out of elephant dung, in an effort to go greener.

Closures and cutbacks

Major winter storm wreaks havoc

Making batteries from trees

So what's happening with OCC prices these days

Stora Enso announced that it has developed a recyclable and fiber-based wood foam called Fibrease as a replacement for polymer based foams in packaging.

Energy woes

Plantable seed paper

The future of driverless trucks is imminent

Paper bottles

In an article from Kenora Online, it stated that Ontario, Canada will use leftover wood from mills for energy and new products.

Recent research and development announcements in the pulp and paper industry