Cascades Ream Wrapper Wins Green Award

Cascades, Kingsey Falls, Que., Canada, has been named winner of Eco Entreprises Québec's Greener Containers, Packaging and Printed Matter award for its 100% recycled and recyclable ream wrapper. This new packaging was developed to replace the traditional packaging made with virgin fibers and covered by a plastic film. The global integration of the project, combined with its "consistency with the environmentally sound virtues of the product" and the efforts in research and development, enabled Cascades to receive this award. Because of the joint work between production and research and development teams, Cascades notes that it is now able to manufacture a paper packaging that is 100% recycled. A water soluble additive included to protect the product from humidity now renders the packaging as recyclable as the paper it protects. Other components of the packaging were also modified, such as the quantity of ink and materials used.

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