Paper and packaging, those essential components of modern life, have a massive impact on the environment and so constitute a prime target for sustainable development and practices and the software that makes it all possible. Paper manufacturing is the third largest user of fossil fuels worldwide, according to the American Forest and Paper Association. The U.S. Toxic Release Inventory report published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency states that pulp and paper mills are among the worst polluters to air, water and land of any industry in the country.

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