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23 September 2015
Rolland paper mill pledges to avoid controversial fibres
ST-JÉRÔME, VANCOUVER—Rolland Enterprises Inc, a Canadian producer of fine recycled paper, has announced its commitment to advance the protection of endangered forests, engage in R&D of alternatives to tree fibre and avoid all controversial forest fibre sources. The new policy was created in cooperation with Canopy, a not-for-profit environmental organization dedicated to protecting forests, species and climate.
“Rolland has a track record of setting the pace for ecopaper development and post-consumer recycling,” Nicole Rycroft, Canopy’s executive director, said. “By expanding their vision to avoid controversial fibre and sourcing from endangered forests such as the Boreal, Rolland stands out as a sustainability leader at the vanguard of change in the North American pulp and paper industry.”
The company’s new policy commits to:
They collaborated again in 2011, and produced straw paper made from agricultural residues. The paper was used to print a special edition of Margaret Atwood’s book, In Other Worlds and Alice Munro’s, Dear Life.
“Rolland has a track record of setting the pace for ecopaper development and post-consumer recycling,” Nicole Rycroft, Canopy’s executive director, said. “By expanding their vision to avoid controversial fibre and sourcing from endangered forests such as the Boreal, Rolland stands out as a sustainability leader at the vanguard of change in the North American pulp and paper industry.”
The company’s new policy commits to:
- End the use of wood fibre sourced from endangered forests and controversial suppliers;
- Avoid fibre sourced from Intact Forest Landscapes, such as the intact forests of the Boreal;
- Play an active role in the research, development and commercial scale production of pulp and paper from alternative fibre sources such as straw;
- Support visionary solutions that protect endangered forests in the Coastal Temperate Rainforests of Vancouver Island and North America’s Great Bear Rainforest, Canada’s Boreal Forests, and Indonesia’s Rainforests;
- Continue producing papers with 30-100% post-consumer waste recycled content.
They collaborated again in 2011, and produced straw paper made from agricultural residues. The paper was used to print a special edition of Margaret Atwood’s book, In Other Worlds and Alice Munro’s, Dear Life.
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