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Forest Products Industry Promotes Modernizing Clean Air Act Permitting Program in House Committee on Energy and Commerce Hearing Testimony

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Forest Products Industry Promotes Modernizing Clean Air Act Permitting Program in House Committee on Energy and Commerce Hearing Testimony

AF&PA and AWC applaud Congressional and EPA efforts to revise permitting issues that will allow industry to modernize facilities to reduce emissions and bolster American…
New York’s EPR Policies Must Consider Cost and Facts

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New York’s EPR Policies Must Consider Cost and Facts

The New York State Legislature is considering 2 different bills that introduce an EPR program. The proposed legislation ignores the complexities of the state’s recycling system…
How Is Paper Made Today?

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How Is Paper Made Today?

Paper products are an essential part of daily life. Manufacturers rely on a complex supply chain to produce these goods. 
AF&PA Applauds Overdue EPA Regulatory Reconsiderations

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AF&PA Applauds Overdue EPA Regulatory Reconsiderations

We deeply appreciate the Administration recognizing that the complexity and volume of these regulations failed to balance costs and benefits, disregarded the best available…

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Colorado EPR Scheme Will Hurt State’s Recycling Efforts

June 3, 2022
AF&PA is disappointed by the enactment of Colorado’s Producer Responsibility Program for Recycling. Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed HB22-1355 into law, creating an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program that includes paper and paper-based packaging products.
Marketplace Sustainability
Recycling
Product Stewardship

Update in Brief

Making Change for the Better with Nonwoven Materials

May 20, 2022
Making Change for the Better with Nonwoven Materials
Hong Wilcoxon is the quality manager at Domtar’s Engineered Absorbent Materials (EAM) facility in Jesup, Georgia. She helps make change for the better, including innovative products with sustainable, nonwoven materials.
Sustainability
Energy & Environment
Industry Voices
Pulp

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AF&PA Urges Colorado Governor Polis to Veto EPR Scheme

May 11, 2022
AF&PA Urges Colorado Governor Polis to Veto EPR Scheme
AF&PA Vice President of Industry Affairs Terry Webber issued a statement in response to the Colorado General Assembly passing (HB22-1355), which would create an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program.
Product Stewardship
Recycling
Marketplace Sustainability

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AF&PA Opposes Colorado’s EPR Scheme

May 2, 2022
AF&PA Opposes Colorado’s EPR Scheme
The American Forest & Paper Association Vice President of Industry Affairs, Terry Webber issued a statement opposing the Colorado Legislature passing (HB22-1355) that would create an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program.
Product Stewardship
Marketplace Sustainability
Recycling

Recycling Q&A

What the Paper Industry is Doing to Improve Recycling

April 22, 2022
What the Paper Industry is Doing to Improve Recycling
The paper recycling rate has met or exceeded 63% every year since 2009. Paper recycling is a model that works because of the industry’s investment and the millions of people who recycle every day. Read what we’re doing to continue to improve paper recycling.
Recycling
Marketplace Sustainability
Product Stewardship

Update in Brief

Green Bay Packaging Achieves Net Zero Water Certification

April 21, 2022
You can’t make paper without water. That’s one reason water stewardship is so important to the paper and wood products industry. Lisa Bauer-Lotto shares news of Green Bay Packaging’s ground-breaking net-zero water achievement and how the industry is advancing sustainability. 
Sustainability
Energy & Environment
Water

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Bipartisan Postal Service Reform Helps Ensure Sustainable USPS

April 6, 2022
Bipartisan Postal Service Reform Helps Ensure Sustainable USPS
The American Forest & Paper Association President and CEO Heidi Brock released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden signing The Postal Service Reform Act into law.
Business Impact

Recycling Q&A

How do I Recycle Paper Padded Mailers?

February 22, 2022
How do I Recycle Paper Padded Mailers?
One of the questions we commonly receive is how do I recycle a paper padded mailer. The answer depends on what type of mailer you received. We help explain what to do for the three most common mailers.
Recycling
Marketplace Sustainability
Packaging

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AF&PA Announces Support for the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act and the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act

February 3, 2022
AF&PA Announces Support for the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act and the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement in support of the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (RCAA), introduced by U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-DE), John Boozman (R-AR) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act (RIAA), introduced by Senator Capito.
Recycling

Recycling Q&A

How to Recycle Paper if You Don’t Have Curbside Recycling

January 26, 2022
How to Recycle Paper if You Don’t Have Curbside Recycling
Paper products like cardboard boxes, pizza boxes, mail and paper bags are widely accepted in recycling programs throughout the U.S. So what do you do if you don’t have access to a curbside recycling program?  
Recycling

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Paper Products and Materials Widely Accepted for Recycling

January 25, 2022
Paper Products and Materials Widely Accepted for Recycling
The vast majority of Americans have access to a community paper recycling program. Items like pizza boxes, cardboard boxes and paper bags are widely collected for recycling in the United States.
Recycling
Marketplace Sustainability

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AF&PA Supports U.S. Department of Commerce’s Final Determinations in Circumvention Inquiries on Uncoated Paper

December 20, 2021
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement supporting final determinations issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce in response to petitions filed by U.S. manufacturers and the United Steelworkers. The U.S. Department of Commerce found that certain uncoated paper rolls from Brazil, China and Indonesia are circumventing antidumping duty orders and that imports of certain uncoated paper rolls from China and Indonesia are circumventing countervailing duty orders.
International Trade
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