Associations

CANADIAN CORRUGATED CASE ASSOCIATION JOINS EFFORT

The Corrugated Packaging Council, Rolling Meadows, Ill., has announced that the Canadian Corrugated Case Association, Toronto, has joined as a title sponsor in the corrugated cardboard industry’s coalition to promote the environmental benefits of the material.

"CCCA represents about 96 percent of Canada’s corrugated board production," says Steve Purwitsky, executive director of CCCA. "We believe that through our joint efforts, the corrugated industry can provide vital assistance to communities that want to recycle corrugated and provide manufacturers with the necessary information so they can make the best packaging choices."

For more information about OCC and recycling programs, call (800) 879-9777, or Internet at http://www.corrugated.org .

AF&PA LAUNCHES WEBSITE ON INTERNET

The American Forest & Paper Association, Washington, has a new website on the Internet at http://www.afandpa.org . The site offers research data, industry positions on issues, press releases, text of publications, and information on forestry, paper, recycling, wood products, international trade, and environment, health and safety issues.

ALUMINUM ASSOCIATION ELECTS NEW BOARD MEMBERS

The membership of the Aluminum Association, Washington, has elected two new board members to three-year terms. The new board members are Joseph Viland, president of Wabash Alloys Inc., Wabash, Ind., and Chris Barnes, chief operating officer of Spectrulite Consortium Inc., Madison, Ill.

In addition, the following people were re-elected to three-year terms: Marlan Boultinghouse, ARCO Aluminum Inc.; Kurt Leopold, Valimet Inc.; Robert Longnecker, KB Alloys Inc.; and Ron Rowe, Noranda Aluminum Inc.

SWANA RELEASES EXPO PROCEEDINGS

The Solid Waste Association of North America, Silver Spring, Md., has released the proceedings from WASTECON 1996, SWANA’s 34th annual international solid waste exposition, which took place last September in Portland, Ore.

The proceedings consist of 83 papers that were presented at the convention. The authors are practicing municipal solid waste and recycling professionals from the public, private and nonprofit sectors and represent all segments of the solid waste and recycling industry.

The publication can be purchased by calling SWANA’s "Facts on Demand" service at (503) 778-1029.