$1.6M Donation Will Accelerate Progress Within the Pulp and Paper Industry

University of Maine News (04/03/24)

Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) this month donated $1.6 million to the University of Maine to establish the UMaine Sustainable Packaging Initiative, a research-based public and private consortium dedicated to using forest-based materials to accelerate the transition to renewable and recyclable packaging made from forest fiber. Barbara Hamilton, senior director of process control technology at PCA and a UMaine alum, remarks, "Sustainable packaging represents a huge potential for the paper industry. It is exciting to be a part of this change." The company's donation will support the university’s Process Development Center, an open-access research facility that offers research and development technical services and resources in traditional pulp and paper.

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