Bioeconomy

Brewing up new uses for woodfibre

Brewing up new uses for woodfibre

Maine Coasters & Bio-Boards (Maine Coasters) envisioned producing biodegradable coasters manufactured from Sappi softwood pulp and spent grains leftover from the brewing process.
On the scent of natural solutions

On the scent of natural solutions in South Africa

The wood-boring Cossid Moth (Coryphodema tristis) has a broad range of native tree hosts in South Africa.
Combining forces to use waste heat

Combining forces to use waste heat at Gratkorn Mill

Gratkorn Mill in Austria has partnered with local energy provider Bioenergie Wärmeservice GmbH (BWS) to supply industrial waste heat generated by the mill’s combined heat and power (CHP) plant to Energie Graz for the next 20 years.
Rethinking energy and society

Rethinking energy and society in Ngodwana Mill

Climate change has resulted in shifting seasons and climbing temperatures, threatening to deprive us of the very things – air, water, food and a safe place to live – we depend on for survival.
Diving deep into more sustainable pulping technology

Making pulping technology more sustainable

Currently, pulping of wood to isolate cellulose fibres for paper production uses energy-intensive technologies developed more than a century ago that require fossil chemicals.
A sweet success

A sweet success

The recyclability of products has become just as important to consumers as quality and price. At the same time, consumers are also insisting on food packaging that’s safe.

A responsible solution

There is a global movement to limit or eliminate solvent-based casting systems in order to reduce chemical waste and pollution.

Closing raw material loops

The circular economy is regenerative by design and aims to gradually decouple growth from the consumption of finite resources.
Cleaning up

Cleaning up

In an uncertain world, the need for sanitiser driven by COVID-19 is certain to remain. Achieving the desired viscosity of sanitising gel can be challenging.

Putting fashion foremost

In 2020, Sappi North America launched Verticals: Fashion Marketing, the second instalment of our educational series for marketers, ahead of New York Fashion Week.

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