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Since its launch in 2000, VegNews has evolved into an award-winning glossy lifestyle magazine for vegetarians by vegetarians. More than 180,000 readers in 36 countries can access the latest news, interviews, recipes, in-d… Continue

ReadyMade magazine, a bimonthly print publication, is a do-it-yourself magazine for urban-minded, environmentally conscious people who like to make stuff. Readers can learn how to do anything from making their own cookbook to fashioning jump ropes and beaded curtains… Continue

Shape magazine, the largest women’s consumer magazine using recycled paper, has been selected by the Better Paper Project and Next Steps Marketing to be one of six publications featured in all 153 Hastings bookstores across the United States during the month of November… Continue

Chlorine bleaching processes are harmful to the environment and human health. Publishers interested in improving their papers’ environmental characteristics have the opportunity to do so by eliminating chlorine from their paper making process.

The Pulp Whitening Process
Wood comprises two components: cellulose and lignin. Cellulose is the fibrous component used to make pulp and paper, and lignin is the glue that holds the wood fibers together. During the pulping process the cellulose and… Continue

The use of recycled materials was the only source for producing paper for thousands of years. The first recycled paper dates back 2,000 years to Chinese official Ts'ai Lun. He used rags, fishing nets, hemp, and China grass to make paper for the Chinese royal court in the second century. The Europeans started producing paper in the 1400’s, and within two hundred years paper mills all across Europe were using old cloth rags and linen to make paper.

The first paper mill in what would become the Un… Continue