Recycle Activities
Increasing Industry Recycling
The majority of fibre used in the pulp and paper industry now comes from
recycled paper. Between 1995 and 2000, we increased the amount of recycled
paper used in our products by 10%, and increased the amount of waste paper
being collected by 24%.
At
the moment, recycled paper makes up:
- 61.5 % of all the fibre used in paper production.
- 100 % of the content of packaging and industrial paper.
- 26% of the fibre used in newsprint.
- 12 % of the content of tissues.
- 10% of the content of printing and writing papers, on average.
Out of the 18 paper mills in Australia owned by APIC members, 14 mills
use waste paper in some or all of their products.
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