Stories Tagged as
Paper
Paperless billing is costing the paper industry. But storeless shopping helps.
Nov 3, 2023
Revenue for the U.S. paper mill industry has declined in recent years. E-commerce, though, has stirred a boom in cardboard packaging.
Will “deprinting” reduce the paper industry’s carbon footprint?
Aug 17, 2022
A new device will allow the same sheet of paper to be erased and reprinted 10 times, cutting waste and carbon emissions.
Supply chain snags hit books
Nov 10, 2021
Shipping delays, reduced printing capacity and a paper shortage plague publishers and retailers as holiday shopping gets underway.
There's still a paper shortage. You know what that means.
Oct 4, 2021
School supplies, holiday cards and, yes, toilet paper are all affected.
How did letter paper come to be 8.5 x 11 inches in size?
by
Jack Stewart
Nov 8, 2019
As part of our "I've Always Wondered" series, a listener asks why we've ended up with these arbitrary-seeming dimensions for office paper.
Strong demand for wood pulp driving diaper, paper towel prices higher
by
Jed Kim
Jul 31, 2018
Your shopping bill could be getting noticeably higher. Procter & Gamble today announced it’s planning to raise prices on a lot of its products, including Bounty paper towels and Puffs tissues. One reason for those increases? P&G is having to pay a lot for wood pulp, which is basically what paper towels, diapers and toilet […]
What the loss of a mill means to a town
Jan 8, 2018
An industry that once defined Camas, Washington, is coming to an end. Now the former mill town is searching for its future identity.
For public good, not for profit.
Holidays put the bow on the gift-wrapping industry
Dec 23, 2015
In the U.S., gift wrap accounts for $3.2 billion a year in retail sales.
Paper industry wants customers back
by
Jim Burress
Sep 15, 2015
Thanks to e-mail, e-vites and e-readers, paper use has dropped.
How much paper would it take to print the Internet?
by
Kai Ryssdal
Apr 24, 2015
U.K. college students calculated how much paper it would take to print the Internet.