”paper” News

Japan's high-tech displays give paper a cutting edge

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bend it, write on it, read it -- just don't try to fold it into a paper plane. Electronic paper is Japan 's answer to rising raw material costs, depleted resources and booming demand for printed matter from emerging markets such as China and India .
04 18 2008 9:09PM (...more)

Japan plans to launch paper plane from space

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan plans to take its art of origami paper folding to outer space, launching a paper plane from the International Space Station to Earth to learn about future spacecraft design .
04 7 2008 1:09PM (...more)

Indonesian police stop Greenpeace forest protest

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Police broke up a protest by the environmental group Greenpeace against deforestation on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Thursday, arresting 12 foreign and six Indonesian demonstrators, an activist said.
11 27 2009 4:55PM (...more)

Unisource Supports U.S. Paper Industry Filing of Unfair Trade Cases Against China and Indonesia

Unisource Worldwide, Inc., one of the leading distributors of paper, packaging and facility supplies in North America , is supporting the U.S. paper industry's antidumping and countervailing
09 25 2009 12:04AM (...more)

Int'l Paper buys Weyerhaeuser unit

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - International Paper , a global supplier of packaging materials and uncoated paper, announced Monday it is buying the containerboard unit of Weyerhaeuser Co . for $6 billion in cash.
03 18 2008 6:27AM (...more)

Green Business Plan: Start with Elephant Dung...

WASHINGTON, Mar 27 (03 28 2009 1:08PM (...more)

Scientists say paper battery could be in the works

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ordinary paper could one day be used as a lightweight battery to power the devices that are now enabling the printed word to be eclipsed by e-mail, e-books and online news. Scientists at Stanford
12 9 2009 10:31AM (...more)

The Dos and Don'ts of Regifting

C'mon, stop being such a Goody Two-shoes . Everybody's doing it. Well, maybe not everyone , but according to a survey by Harris Interactive last year, more
11 26 2009 3:16AM (...more)

Paper mills suffer as print media readership falls

CAMPBELL RIVER (AFP) – The corridors of the largest pulp and paper mill in Western Canada have been dark and dormant for one year, forced to shutter amid plummeting
11 16 2009 6:19PM (...more)

Scary public loos in Poland need make-over for Euro 2012: survey

WARSAW (AFP) – Public toilets in Polish railway and bus stations, on trains and in camp grounds need a major make-over for the UEFA Euro 2012 championships 10 30 2009 9:23AM (...more)