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With physical stores closed during the pandemic, the boom in online shopping resulted in record numbers of packages arriving on consumers’ doorsteps. Along with all that merchandise came a growing awareness of the materials used to package and ship products, and the impact those materials have on the environment. A new survey commissioned by Two Sides North America and conducted by international research firm Toluna found that U.S. consumers believe paper-based packaging is better for the environment than other packaging materials.
Paper: The preferred and sustainable packaging choice
Survey respondents were asked to rank their preferred packaging material (paper/cardboard, plastic, glass and metal) based on 15 environmental, aesthetic and practical attributes. Overall, paper/cardboard packaging was preferred for 10 of the 15 attributes, with half of respondents saying paper/cardboard is better for the environment. Consumers also preferred paper/cardboard packaging on other envir
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CHICAGO, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ With physical stores closed during the pandemic, the boom in online shopping resulted in record numbers of packages arriving on consumers doorsteps. Along with all that merchandise came a growing awareness of the materials used to package and ship products, and the impact those materials have on the environment. A new survey commissioned by Two Sides North America and conducted by international research firm Toluna found that U.S. consumers believe paper-based packaging is better for the environment than other packaging materials.
Paper: The preferred and sustainable packaging choice
Survey respondents were asked to rank their preferred packaging material (paper/cardboard, plastic, glass and metal) based on 15 environmental, aesthetic and practical attributes. Overall, paper/cardboard packaging was preferred for 10 of the 15 attributes, with half of respondents saying paper/cardboard is better for the en
Two Sides Responds to Misleading Claims About the Sustainability of Paper Products in Popular Science
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April 14, 2021
To the editors:
Myths about the sustainability of the North American paper industry and its products are common media fodder in today’s world of sensationalized, headline-driven journalism. This time it was the turn of Popular Science to weave together a collection of standard anti-paper tropes into your “Modern paper use is wildly unsustainable” article.
Shouldn’t a publication dedicated to reporting on science resist the easy narrative, hold up a submission to the illuminating glow of real authoritative data and pick up the phone to ask industry scientists or a school of forestry if any of what the authors claim makes sense?
Kathi Rowzie.
After starting Two Sides North America almost a decade ago, and building it into the highly successful printing industry advocacy group it is today, Phil Riebel is retiring as President of the organization effective today. Kathi Rowzie, who’s been running the day-to-day operations of Two Sides since last March, now becomes its new President. Two Sides North America is an independent non-profit organization that promotes the sustainability of print and paper products. Since 2010, Two Sides’ Global Anti-Greenwash Campaign has convinced 710 companies to either substantially change or altogether remove misleading anti-paper statements from all of its communications – including many of the world’s largest corporations. Rowzie’s career spans more than 30 years in corporate and consulting roles with Fortune 500 companies, including extensive experience in the paper industry and with industry customers. A long-time advocate of Two Sides, her association goes back to