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TORONTO — Design Edge Canada and its partners are presenting three workshops on the hot topic of sustainable design as part of the Design City show starting this weekend in Toronto. As a special offer to DesignEdgeCanada.com readers, this story contains a link to a savings coupon for admittance to the show.

HAMILTON, OH — Smart Papers has introduced a new swatchbook for its value-priced Nekoosa Linen brand of writing, text and cover printing papers. The brand includes Nekoosa Linen, Nekoosa Bond and Nekoosa 25% Cotton papers.
 
All Smart Nekoosa-branded papers are FSC certified and contain 30% post-consumer fibers with the exception of FSC-certified virgin Carrara White.
 

GLENS FALLS, NY — Finch Paper, LLC has upgraded its digital uncoated paper portfolio with the announcement that three of its products – Finch Fine iD, Finch Fine Digital, and Finch Color Copier – are now made with 10% post-consumer recycled fibre. These papers are also certified to the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI).

Tony McDowell, VP of sales and marketing for Finch Paper, says customer requests prompted the company to take action to add post-consumer recycled content.

ARLINGTON, VA — The non-profit Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), one of the major forest-certification bodies, recently revamped its web site to provide more information about sustainable forestry practices and SFI services. Among the new features is a database for finding certified forestry products.

TORONTO — Masterfile, the global stock photo agency with headquarters in Toronto, has adopted a green theme for its new issue of File, a regular publication.