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Verso Paper received the award for making significant gains in energy conservation and reducing the carbon footprint of the mill. Improvements included reducing nitrogen oxide emissions by 30 percent, sulfur dioxide emissions by 54 percent and water use by 8 percent

Pace Industries announced that BIOGRAPH.ics, a certifiable biodegradable agri-base plastic, was selected as a finalist at the International Bioplastics Conference. The award was presented to Pace for the use of the plastic in the manufacture of Apple iTunes gift cards, shown above.